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Example sentences for "earnest"

Lexicographically close words:
earmarks; earn; earned; earner; earners; earneste; earnestlie; earnestly; earnestness; earnests
  1. A possett and foure naked thighes a bed To night will bid faire earnest for a boy, too.

  2. Why, now am I sorry I have no more hurt, gentlemen; but I tooke it as earnest to receive more if occasion bee.

  3. It seemed but a mere incident that this group should have lost sight of the facts of life in their earnest endeavor to put to the test the things of the spirit.

  4. If they were in earnest it would be bad for us.

  5. At the words Grace Varey looked sharply at Laura Belding's earnest face and thoughtful gray eyes.

  6. Meanwhile the girls who were earnest in the work of putting Central High ahead in the inter-school athletic competition worked hard on the field and under Mrs. Case's eye in the gymnasium.

  7. When they reached the dyke where the men were standing delving out the peat, it was to find a group of three fresh arrivals in the persons of Hickathrift the wheelwright, Dave, and John Warren, and all in earnest converse upon some subject.

  8. That which thus delights the naked copper-colored Indian is calculated to awaken in our minds a deep and earnest impression.

  9. The results yielded by an earnest investigation in the path of experiment can not be at variance with a true philosophy of nature.

  10. This extended insight into the connection of natural phenomena is the result of the philosophical direction which has been so generally assumed by the more earnest study of geognosy.

  11. Influence of this study on national prosperity and the welfare of nations; its more earnest and characteristic aim is an inner one, arising from exalted mental activity.

  12. The propagation of an earnest and sound knowledge of science can therefore alone avert the dangers of which I have spoken.

  13. The principal impulse by which I was directed was the earnest endeavor to comprehend the phenomena of physical objects in their general connection, and to represent nature as one great whole, moved and animated by internal forces.

  14. I am so conjugal, and so much in earnest upon the article of recovery, that I cannot think of a pretty thing to say to very pretty Mrs. Stanhope; nor do I know what would be a pretty thing in these days.

  15. Convince me you are in earnest by giving me notice that you will write to Charingcross while the Neapolitans are at Florence.

  16. I am earnest against its being known to exist.

  17. In short, it was the most affecting scene possible; and undoubtedly an unique one, for both the commanders were earnest and sincere.

  18. I am so earnest when writing to YOU two, that I omit half the words, and write too small; but I will try to mend.

  19. Large bodies are only led by being earnest in themselves, when their leaders are not so: but my head is not clear enough to apply it to different matters, nor could I do any good if it were.

  20. Our legation has been earnest in its endeavors to obtain from the Mexican Government a favorable consideration of these claims, but hitherto without success.

  21. Whether the elements of inherent force in the Republic have kept pace with its unparalleled progression in territory, population, and wealth has been the subject of earnest thought and discussion on both sides of the ocean.

  22. Hence it has been my earnest endeavor to maintain peace and friendly intercourse with all nations.

  23. It has been my earnest desire to maintain friendly intercourse with the Governments upon this continent and to aid them in preserving good understanding among themselves.

  24. The great constitutional question of the power of the General Government in relation to internal improvements has been the subject of earnest difference of opinion at every period of the history of the United States.

  25. At my earnest request, the captain of the mast suspended the execution, my brother.

  26. I am putting my liberty and perhaps my life into your hands," she said, in the same very earnest tone and manner.

  27. But as soon as my man had left the room, his manner changed suddenly and his voice took a direct earnest tone that made me look at him in some astonishment.

  28. She was very earnest about this, and I was going to question her more closely when someone came up to claim her for a dance.

  29. If you were only as much in earnest as you were about that duel.

  30. Then I said:--"I am in earnest in saying that I will stay on in Moscow for a day or two if you wish.

  31. I was thus ready enough to take up my new character in earnest and play it to the end.

  32. I smiled as I said this to reassure her; but she was very earnest and a little pale.

  33. Well, I wish you'd be thoroughly in earnest now.

  34. Greenway's frequent and earnest protestations of innocence Mr. Jardine summarily dismisses with the observation that they are "entitled to no credit whatever" (p.

  35. He wished me secondly to be earnest with Baldwin to deal with the Marquis to give the said M^r Catesby order for a Company of Horse, thinking by that means to have opportunity to buy Horses and Arms without suspition.

  36. Der Breitmann lok so earnest, Long and earnest at his foe, Ash if seein troo his augen To de forty years ago.

  37. Dou may'st dake it all in earnest Or pelieve id's only fon; Boot dere's woonder dings has hoppent Fery oft in Luft-ballon.

  38. He took his hand from the boy, and laying it on the back of that hand of hers, whose timid and yet earnest touch addressed him no less appealingly than her voice and eyes, looked more intently on her.

  39. These thoughts brought me to my knees, and I poured out my soul to God in a strain of humiliation, resignation to His will, and earnest petitions for deliverance or support in this distress.

  40. And would my mother have granted me such things, if she had not thought I had from my heart desired them, when I used to be so earnest with her?

  41. His eyes met hers and he added in an earnest undertone, "Won't you go with me, Marcia?

  42. He looked about the little burial ground and his eyes took on an earnest light and his voice a deep thrill as he spoke.

  43. She was big and strong and earnest and helped them all.

  44. It grew darker and darker and Karl cried in earnest now, and wanted to smash all the windows with the clasped book.

  45. Every time that it rains really in earnest for several days, Father has to put wagon-loads of new earth on the hill to make it look a little respectable again.

  46. It is a grave and earnest melody in D flat, with two bars in unison at "Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet," making the utterance of the prayer a deep and powerful finale.

  47. Evangelical work had been done by two societies, made up of earnest Christians, and known as the "Forward Movement" and the "Simultaneous Mission.

  48. After reading the "True Christian Religion" I read the work on Divine Providence, which gives such a clear view of the Lord's providential care over men that it strengthens and encourages the earnest seeker after truth wonderfully.

  49. We had an earnest discussion of the question from our different standpoints, but neither of us was satisfied with the result; and, consequently, we adjourned the discussion of the subject until the next Sabbath afternoon.

  50. The speaker was very zealous and earnest in his remarks.

  51. In vain with earnest strugglings they contend To ease themselves: for when they stir and bend Their greatest force to do it, even then most Of all they faint, and in their hopes are cross'd.

  52. As we may gather from Vaughan's lines, Manzoli was an earnest student of occult lore.

  53. She expressed an earnest desire to see my father, but honored too much the motives that induced him to remain, to wish him to hasten.

  54. I looked up, impressed with her calm, earnest tones, and as I listened, conscience upbraided me with injustice and ingratitude.

  55. I wish you had not said this," I answered, averting from his bright and earnest eye my confused and troubled glance.

  56. But I read too well in his sincere and earnest eyes, that time had wrought no change in the fervor of his feelings, or the constancy of his attachment.

  57. Oh no,--I had business, and a very earnest desire to see my young friend, Gabriella.

  58. Independence is the reward of the working mind, the thinking brain, and the earnest heart.

  59. As thus I pleaded and reasoned and entreated, I kept my earnest gaze on his face, and eagerly watched,--watched with trembling hope and fear the effect of my words.

  60. This earnest scrutiny of a stranger excited his displeasure; and I did not wonder, when I thought of the strange fascination I had experienced.

  61. Let us look forward to the future, with true and earnest spirits, praying God to help us in weakness and error.

  62. And it is all so earnest and so intellectual, and it does so much credit to Sylvester.

  63. If we wish to see what it was which this mature philosopher and earnest critic of behaviour had to produce for the surprise of her readers, we may examine the description of the farm at Donnithorne in Adam Bede.

  64. Soaring naturally, as a bird freed from a golden cage, into the realms of heaven, he began now, with earnest and spiritual eloquence, to talk of the things and visions lately made familiar to his thoughts.

  65. Explain more fully," she urged in an earnest tone.

  66. We must now part," she said, in a low, earnest voice.

  67. I feared, of courser to approach them sufficiently near to overhear their conversation, but I peered into the restaurant and saw them sitting at a table in earnest conversation, the subject of which was evidently myself.

  68. Hickman had, in my absence, crossed to Mabel, and was sitting beside her in earnest conversation, therefore I was compelled to seat myself with my hostess and the Irritating Woman and chat with them.

  69. The First Good, whose joy Is only in himself, created man For happiness, and gave this goodly place, His pledge and earnest of eternal peace.


  70. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "earnest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abandoned; acquittal; afire; agog; alert; amortization; ardent; assiduous; attentive; austere; aware; bail; binder; bond; bound; burning; careful; cash; clearance; committed; concentrated; conscious; decided; decisive; decorous; dedicated; deep; definite; demure; deposit; determined; devoted; devout; diligent; discharge; eager; earnest; earnestness; emphatic; enterprising; enthusiasm; enthusiastic; escrow; faithful; fatal; fateful; fervent; fervid; fiery; finicky; flaming; formal; formidable; frowning; genuine; grave; grim; guarantee; heartfelt; hearty; heated; heavy; heedful; hock; hostage; hot; impassioned; imposing; installment; instant; intense; intent; intentness; keen; liquidation; loyal; meticulous; mindful; nice; niggling; observant; obstinate; painful; passionate; pawn; paying; perfervid; persevering; persistent; pledge; poignant; portentous; promise; purposeful; quittance; real; recognizance; regardful; relentless; remittance; replevin; resolute; retirement; satisfaction; security; sedate; serious; seriousness; settlement; sincere; sober; solemn; solicitous; somber; spirited; staid; strenuous; strong; surety; tenacious; thoughtful; token; truthful; undertaking; unsmiling; urgent; vehement; voracious; warm; warrant; watchful; weighty; wholehearted; zealous


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    earnest conversation; earnest desire; earnest prayer; earnestly desired; earnestly recommend