While awaiting the return of the Papal Secretary, he had engaged in earnest conversation with a Cardinal-Bishop of the Administrative Congregation, in a small room adjoining the one where Josè was occupied with his clerical duties.
It was the merest accident, too, that Carmen led her puffing guardian directly into the morning room, where sat the Beaubien and Monsignor in earnest conversation.
It was two hours later when the Sister Superior looked in and saw the priest and girl still sitting in earnest conversation.
At the corner he saw the book-keeper joined by Dick Ferris, and the two seemed to be in earnest conversation as they walked along.
Then he turned to Ferris, and the two began an earnest conversation.
He saw Ferris in earnest conversation at a small counter, which ran across the office, which was narrow but quite deep.
Meanwhile, in Herbert Balcom's sumptuous, semi-Oriental apartment two men were in earnest conversation.
In the library at Brent Rock Eva and Locke were having an earnest conversation.
Balcom and Paul, however, were slower in going, and paced the hallway in earnest conversation.
In moderate force, be as energetic as in earnest conversation.
Read and chant as above on the middle and higher tones, with about the force of earnest conversation.
First understand what the sentence means, then speak it as you would in earnest conversation, and you will be likely to give it correctly.
Use the same sentences as for chanting, and, beginning on each tone of the voice, speak it as you would in earnest conversation, in a way to give the meaning of it.
I see that those two seedy men have kept close to Ingomar all the time, and appear to be in earnest conversation, which is always carried on in whispers.
I reluctantly obeyed, and returned to Viola's room, where I was overjoyed to find Harry and her engaged in earnest conversation, in an undertone.
Ivanhoe and Miss Darlington (nicknamed Scottie) were as usual engaged in an earnest conversation, the topic being a mixture of sentiment and gossip.
In the large square before the station stood a group of citizens in earnest conversation, whilst a small dark man with a pale face and brilliant eyes endeavoured to calm them.
They had withdrawn to a corner of the hall and were engaged in earnest conversation.
Her information could proceed from but one person, from him with whom he had so lately seen her in earnest conversation; from Kurt von Poseneck.
His worst fears were confirmed: Kurt and Anna were slowly walking along it engaged in earnest conversation.
Dexter Adelstern and Finkman engaged in earnest conversation at an adjoining table, and he could not forbear a triumphant smile as he attacked his plate of soup.
In the meantime Simon had engaged Louis in earnest conversation.
On a certain afternoon Toney and Tom were walking in the direction of the Widow Wild's mansion, engaged in earnest conversation.
Tom and the widow were alone in earnest conversation.
They had not gone far before they perceived Harry Vincent and Clarence Hastings just in advance of them, walking slowly and apparently engaged in earnest conversation.
Guy and Tommy were already there, engaged in earnest conversation.
The party walked for some time at the foot of the cliffs under the lee of a boat-house, engaged in earnest conversation as to the best mode of proceeding in the meditated enterprise.
Tommy followed at a safe distance, but he soon stopped, observing that two of the party had fallen behind the rest, engaged apparently in earnest conversation.
She surprised them leaning toward each other in earnest conversation.
To her grief and anger, she discovered them sitting together engaged in earnest conversation.
For full an hour had they been engaged in earnest conversation, when both were painfully surprised by the appearance of Mrs. Lee, who had sent Jenny on an errand, and expected her early return.
As they approached the party, who were all in earnest conversation together, Luis, to his still greater surprise, perceived a lady among them, in whom he recognised the elder Marchioness of Tavora.
Jim waited some time, and hearing low voices in earnest conversation, went next door himself.
The two moved their chairs closer together, and for half an hour engaged in earnest conversation.
The two then began an earnest conversation in regard to the money that was to be paid for guiding Claus up to Dutch Flat.
A group of persons was engaged in earnest conversation, when a messenger approached.
In the one where Delsa lived, she and Homan sat in earnest conversation.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "earnest conversation" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
