earnests in a sentence

Examples

1. In epochal 1941 the Williams-DiMaggio controversy flared in earnest.
2. Clubb's play is as earnest as it is irreverent.
3. He was earnest, tireless, skeptical and yet strangely ineffective.
4. Such earnest simplicity can veer into the dreaded realm of platitude.
5. About three weeks later, they began merger talks in earnest.
6. As the talks turned earnest, the companies began exhaustive analyses.
7. But it was only then that the competition began in earnest.
8. His partner says he's a solid, earnest worker.
9. BaltimoreThe in-fighting began in earnest last week . 22.
10. The fight over campaign finance reform has now begun in earnest.