earnestly
Example Sentences
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They reportedly scandalized their neighbors with loud music and trash piles and performed the dances that dominated the app ironically rather than earnestly.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
"We earnestly hope, that the 'Islamabad Talks' succeed in achieving sustainable peace and wish to share more good news in coming days," Sharif said.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
In that miserable month of October 1954, the county pollution boss said earnestly that he believed smog could be cut by 80% within two years.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Politics has of course always had a mucky and brutal side to it, as well as one of public service which works earnestly to improve people's lives.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn’t, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Vocabulary lists containing earnestly
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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