| He invests his character's single-minded quest for meaning with a mixture of childlike earnestness and unpredictable aggression. |
| Chris nodded, her eyes again filling at the earnestness and pleading behind his tone. |
| Her reputation for froideur has dogged her for years, along with her earnestness on the topic of herself. |
| I was one of those city editors, and I well recall his great earnestness, amounting almost to moral indignation. |
| Whilst few doubt his earnestness, many doubt both his room for manoeuvre and his physical ability. |
| The film is funny, and sweet, and captures that earnestness that goes so well with teen angst. |
