Link your lofty thoughts to earnest, active effort, and good results will inevitably follow. From LearnThat.org. [Grenville Kleiser, American writer.]
Both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And if you are in earnest, is there nothing you have to do besides praying?. From Wordnik.com. [The Wide, Wide World] Reference
I think that "earnest" is a great way to describe the narrative. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson] Reference
It 's this power of self-mystification that makes what you call earnest men. From Wordnik.com. [Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. In Two Volumes. Vol. II] Reference
Crops are coming out in earnest, meaning the geese often have their choice of fields. From Wordnik.com. [Three Affordable Decoy Spreads] Reference
His expression earnest and pleasant, he didn’t look at his wife as he spoke. From Wordnik.com. [A Share in Death] Reference
The children had marched in earnest stifflegged style. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabs of Palestine] Reference
His expression earnest, he gestured ingenuously at his aunt. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Expectations]
She leaned forward, her expression earnest and compassionate. From Wordnik.com. [Honorbound]
When I first began writing in earnest I joined writing groups. From Wordnik.com. [A Conversation with Lana Waite, author of Buried In Burrywood] Reference
So too does the title page present the work in earnest tones, as. From Wordnik.com. [Alexis Soyer and the Rise of the Celebrity Chef] Reference
If this was meant in earnest, it was temporizing and vacillating. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
He preached as one in earnest, and that had his heart in his work. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
I like you, I want you, and I was never more in earnest in my life. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XIV] Reference
They cried out as men in earnest; men in want are earnest, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Other things equal, Christians in earnest pray audibly, even in secret. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Hereby it appeared that they were in earnest, and would not go away, nor let. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
But this dispersal began in earnest in the 1830s, just before the first Opium. From Wordnik.com. [Amitav Ghosh discusses Sea of Poppies] Reference
He leaned forward, his expression earnest, as though he really wanted to know. From Wordnik.com. [At Her Beck and Call]
I'm very much in earnest about wanting to connect that village to the marketplace. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Edelstyn: My quest for the family spirit] Reference
The earnest is part of payment, and it secures the full sum: so is the gift of the. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
"Numen," to whom, when they were in earnest, they looked above all their false gods. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
First, you will probably have to give a deposit called earnest money to get the property under contract. From Wordnik.com. [BiggerPockets Forums] Reference
There he began drawing cartoons in earnest, first for his friends and then for the university newspaper. From Wordnik.com. [Mal Peet's Carnegie Medal Acceptance Speech] Reference
Wally swiveled around to look up at Dortmunder, his expression earnest, moist eyes straining to be understood. From Wordnik.com. [Drowned Hopes]
Now, as the prop campaign really begins in earnest, we will see how soft the support for these measures really is. From Wordnik.com. [Field: Props 19 and 25 narrowly lead, 23 trails] Reference
The earnest of the Spirit gave them this assurance: for an earnest is part of payment, and secures the full payment. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
"I hope in earnest that the 2011 budget won't include stopgap measures but a fiscal strategy for the next four years.". From Wordnik.com. [Hungary's Fidesz Set for Big Win] Reference
If you do not, and order to show that we are in earnest, we shall on that date kill a man on East Thirty-ninth Street. From Wordnik.com. [The Minions of Midas] Reference
NOGUCHI: He says when he looks for a job in earnest in coming months, he will do so having shed some of those expectations. From Wordnik.com. [Asians Out Of Work Longest Among U.S. Minorities] Reference
One history student at St Hugh's was quoted, apparently in earnest, in the pages of Cherwell: This is absolutely disgraceful. From Wordnik.com. [Swindon provides a new sanctuary for Bodleian Library's treasures] Reference
In 1977 she started writing in earnest - her productivity directly proportional to her ability to win grants and fellowships. From Wordnik.com. [Sue Miller biography] Reference
The offers of grace are sincere, and what we may venture our souls upon; they are made in earnest, for it is grace and truth. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Yes, she cries aloud, and does not spare (Isa.lviii. 1); she puts forth her voice, as one in earnest and desirous to be heard. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
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