'earnest' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'earnest' with 6 example sentences.
- earnest adjective
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: characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
: sincerely earnest
: not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
- earnest noun
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: something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract
They refused to talk to me in spite of my earnest request.
It began to rain in earnest.
He started to study in earnest.
She's a very earnest person.
He is an earnest young man.
Are you in jest or in earnest?