earnestness

his earnestness can be a bit much.

his earnestness would go over well in a courtroom.

to speak with earnestness

showing earnestness in his work

expressing earnestness in her apology

listening with earnestness to the speaker

demonstrating earnestness in his beliefs

writing with earnestness and passion

earnestness in pursuing his goals

a speech delivered with earnestness

showing earnestness in her commitment

responding with earnestness and sincerity

Impressed by the boy's earnestness, Mr.Grayson interrupted him.

I try to avoid eye contact to avoid being blinded by the earnestness.

The earnestness with which Thomasin spoke prevented further objections.

He stares with unnerving earnestness at whoever is speaking.

" I'll tell you, " said Yeobright, with unexpected earnestness.

This lent new moral energy and earnestness to all branches of professional life.

" No. I was simply for Clym, " replied Mrs. Yeobright, with too much emphasis in her earnestness.

A latter-day hybrid of Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart, he's equal parts old-school grit and gentlemanly earnestness.

In the cold gray dawn the sisters lit their lamp and read their chapter with an earnestness never felt before.

In his earnestness he had taken her hand.