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Sentence count:82+3Posted:2017-05-25Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: earnestlyseriouslySimilar words: nearnessearnestnessearnestearnestlyearnest moneyearnedlearnerlearnedMeaning: adv. in a serious manner. 
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31. The first swap was in December 1983 but the council had not begun to play the market in earnest until late 1987.
32. The sales job began in earnest this week at the Macworld Expo in Boston, a major showcase for Apple products.
33. They had not long to wait to discover whether Edward was in earnest or not.
34. This version did receive approval and the weekly cycle of episode recording commenced in earnest.
35. Binyomin and Tsila had not only kissed but were on the verge of becoming man and wife in earnest.
36. But she would have fallen off anyway once the hunt started out in earnest.
37. She had always loved to sew, and when she had started to design in earnest wedding dresses had proved irresistible.
38. After the war, Kempton began his acting career in earnest.
39. Now was the time to begin preparation in earnest, a pair of overalls was pressed into my hands.
40. Two men, seated in a pew in earnest conclave, looked round at her approach.
41. On the other, a dismissal would show that we were in earnest about stopping pilferage.
42. A new wave of pro-independence demonstrations began in earnest in late 1987.
43. The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnestHenry David Thoreau 
44. And the hunt is in earnest for good old George.
45. He began to cry in earnest, abandoning himself to a storm of weeping, sobbing against his folded arms.
46. Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnestSam Levenson 
47. Public opinion polling did not begin in earnest until the l930s.
48. We have agreed that we will follow the practice established last year and start work in earnest around the middle of February.
49. He never was in earnest, Cadfael reflected with certainty[sentencedict.com/in earnest.html], and it would spoil his sport to use contrivance.
50. If they hesitated, he could show them his revolver and his stick to convince them that he was in earnest.
51. Men huddled together in groups, deep in earnest conversations; it was here the real trading was done.
52. We do not have the right to find retreat in earnest indecision.
53. Typically, presidential campaigns do not begin in earnest until Labor Day, after both parties' nominating conventions.
54. The introduction of labour-saving agricultural machinery to reduce wage costs began in earnest from the mid-nineteenth century.
55. She spoke lightly, but it was obvious that she was very much in earnest.
56. When the breezes started in earnest around 11, reports of the wind chill factor had us at minus-17.
57. Before we took office, I had imagined myself in earnest, heated negotiations with Soviets over nuclear weapons.
58. I looked round and saw my master in earnest conversation with the monk.
59. The indecision brings its own delays, and days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; what you can do, or dream you can, begin it; boldness as genius, power and magic in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 
60. Then the insidious eating away of energy and self-esteem begins in earnest.
More similar words: nearnessearnestnessearnestearnestlyearnest moneyearnedlearnerlearnedharnessin harnessharnessedhard-earnedlearner's permitnearestcurvilinearrectilinearhornet's nesternest hemingwaywearinessrhinestonekinestheticinestimablelearn by heartnear and dearwine and dinegarnercorneaunderneathcharnel houseearn
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