in earnest in English

seriously, intently, sincerely, really

Use "in earnest" in a sentence

1. Now the process begins in earnest.

2. Baking begins in earnest weeks ahead.

3. I could tell she spoke in earnest.

4. Action began in earnest in the summer.

5. His work begins in earnest this week.

6. The election campaign has begun in earnest.

7. Art thou in earnest, or in jest?

8. That was when our troubles started in earnest.

9. Art thou in earnest(Sentencedict.com), or in jest?

10. When did the apostasy begin to develop in earnest?

11. On December 8 the media blitz began in earnest.

12. The countdown begins in earnest as early as October.

13. The race for the White House begins in earnest today.

14. She wasn't sure whether he was in earnest or not.

15. The work on the house will begin in earnest on Monday.

16. He was in earnest when he said he was leaving Beijing.

17. No one could tell whether he was in earnest or in jest.

18. When I looked over, he was in earnest conversation with his father.

19. I thought he was joking - I didn't realize he was in earnest.

20. I believe he was in earnest when he said he was leaving.

21. Make a few test recordings before you start the session in earnest.

22. When I was still in middle school, he began training me in earnest.

23. Narcissa began to cry in earnest, gazing beseechingly all the while at Snape.

24. Narcissa began to cry in earnest, gazing Beseechingly all the while at Snape

25. A new wave of pro-independence demonstrations began in earnest in late 19

26. I'm sure he was in earnest when he said he wanted to marry her.

27. 4 Two men, seated in a pew in earnest conclave, looked round at her approach.

28. Though the work was dull and strew, they plodded away at it in earnest.

29. 18 Two men, seated in a pew in earnest conclave, looked round at her approach.

30. The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest. Henry David Thoreau 

31. On the other, a dismissal would show that we were in earnest about stopping pilferage.

32. He began organizing the event in earnest after the White House expressed support 10 days ago.

33. His job as England manager begins in earnest now his World Cup campaign is in motion.

34. Typically, presidential campaigns do not begin in earnest until Labor Day, after both parties' nominating conventions.

35. A belief in criticism was an affirmation to be made in earnest assemblies of like minds.

36. These trends began in earnest in the 1960’s with what came to be called the green revolution.

37. Bobby sighed and turned to the chairman but he was in earnest conversation with a ponderous constable.

38. A Wandering Aramean? This portion of Israelite worship began in earnest with an unnerving confession of genealogical lore

39. He never was in earnest, Cadfael reflected with certainty, and it would spoil his sport to use contrivance.

40. Binyomin and Tsila had not only kissed but were on the verge of becoming man and wife in earnest.

41. The sales job began in earnest this week at the Macworld Expo in Boston, a major showcase for Apple products.

42. Often I was awake and would quietly watch his lips move as he lingered in earnest supplication to Jehovah.

43. 9 To the extent that we continue to work in earnest, we will be blessed —as a people and as individuals.

44. The "Businessmen in politics" movement began in earnest with the announcement of the results of the 1958 congressional election

45. It's now been about a year and a half since the current Artifact team began work on a reboot in earnest.

46. The Channeling craze began in earnest in 1972 with the publication of Seth Speaks by Jane Roberts and Robert Butts, her husband.

47. When the time comes to study the article in earnest, sit down with a Bible and a pen or some kind of marker.

48. 18 This triggered a surge in the global preaching work, as the gathering of “the things on the earth” finally got under way in earnest.

49. Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest. Sam Levenson 

50. Listen to me in earnest, worship Allah, say your five daily prayers (Salah), fast during the month of Ramadan, and give your wealth in Zakat.