Words similar to earnest

Example sentences for: earnest

How can you use “earnest” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Cage plays Tom Welles, an earnest, professionally polite private investigator summoned to the manse of a recently deceased tycoon.
None of his answers struck me as especially stupid or brilliant, but rather they were rather convincingly earnest.
An earnest analysis of women in the military advocates that the Pentagon use the techniques that helped integrate blacks into the services.
Much excellent detail about the lives of serious animal activists: They use the word "species-ist" in earnest.
Artaud began drawing in earnest around 1944.