This time, at long last, the trial was in earnest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably an earnest Cadet trying to make class on time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He wore old-fashioned spectacles that made him look earnest and completely belied his easygoing charm and juvenile but totally disarming sense of humor. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

People, especially elderly ones, had died, particularly later on at the top of the hill when the torment began in earnest. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He did things in earnest only if he thought it would help him later on. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Receive it, lord!’ he said: ‘in earnest of other things that shall be given back. But if I may counsel you in the use of your own, do not use it — yet! Be wary!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Kepler chose exile: “Hypocrisy I have never learned. I am in earnest about faith. I do not play with it.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the help of the witches they dragged the machine gun out and set it up, and began to fight in earnest on the ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He looked so earnest, so sad and hurt, that it almost made me feel guilty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of our conversations were angry and tearful, some of them earnest and positive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the end, however, Aravis managed to make her friend believe that she was in earnest and even to discuss plans. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was a stocky youth of twenty years, earnest and homely, with a wide nose and a shock of thick brown hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

How long, then, will it be before our musical culture will be shuddering towards extinction, needing some earnest lover of the old and the 'authentic’ to rescue our songs and symphonies from oblivion? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The next day, Charles and Syms began to pack in earnest: the books, clothes, linens, pots and pans, all the specimens. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’m serious,” Kelly said, the bright sun shining on her earnest face. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But Isabel takes my hand and says in earnest, “Ophelia, you shall be my priest, for you are as secret as an effigy on a tomb.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I protect you,” she said, her face earnest. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was fighting to keep his mouth composed in its line of earnest gravity, but he couldn’t keep the humor from his eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I understand. I would expect nothing less, my earnest and good young friend.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She gets up, walks over to me, puts her hand under my chin, and lifts my face so I’m forced into the earnest hold of her eyes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His earnest manner has not changed, I see. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She nodded, her face as solemn as an earnest child. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I will say it. No one can stop me. Soup, soup, soup! And then she began to cry in earnest, wailing and sobbing. “ The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A very friendly shake of the hand, a very earnest “Good-bye,” closed the speech, and the door had soon shut out Frank Churchill. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Are you in earnest? Do you truly love me? Do you sincerely wish me to be your wife?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His music became serious-minded and earnest, but it is debatable whether he changed the world. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Southside spoiled the dog the same way he spoiled me, with food and love and tolerance, all of it a silent, earnest plea never to leave him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“So he is, dear old fellow!” said Laurie heartily, as Meg paused, looking flushed and earnest with her story. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up early the next morning, ready to begin my own investigation in earnest. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You will probably turn up as an earnest young psychic researcher. And I will be a lady of undeniable gifts but dubious reputation.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, I’m fighting in earnest, using every trick I know to survive her onslaught. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Fleetfoot lifted her head, her tail slapping against the bed as she wagged it in earnest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The request was made with such an earnest tone that not even a titter escaped the class. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Studying in earnest this time? That’s my smart boy. I’ve always known that you would find a way to help our family.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The nuns’ upraised hands, their solemn steps, and their shining faces convey hope and earnest faith. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Just as well, as the campaign to bring me up to domestic scratch was, without my knowledge or cooperation, ginning up in earnest. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

His apologizing surprised her, his expression so earnest and sincere that it seemed as though he had done something more offensive. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ravenel began to wake in earnest at six in the morning. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evelyn Cunningham, printing the item, commented, “He smiled and chuckled, but he was in dead earnest.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have established the facts, indicated the grounds of dispute, and now you set out to make your case in earnest. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sefia and Archer got hugs and handshakes and earnest invitations to find the Current again when their quest was over. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then he lay there as the danse macabre of the demons of fear that lived in his body began in earnest. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, it was not long before Ranofer realized he could never increase his skill merely by listening to Heqet’s earnest explanations. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Ben had found out from Philip that she was the senior class’s runaway valedictorian with Philip himself an earnest but distant second. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter reveals nothing other than earnest pedagogical intent, mentions a panel Dimitri and the professor to whom it’s addressed attended some years ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are lean, salmon-faced, and earnest; they have serious eyes; they carry their weapons barrel-down, slinging them over their shoulders like clarinets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even when talk of war with Germany began in earnest, Jack thought of himself as Polish, rather than Jewish. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

But how could I be certain that Hamlet spoke in earnest? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Snow was falling in earnest now—big silent petals drifting through the springtime woods, white bouquets segueing into snowy dark: a nightmarish topsy-turvy land, something from a story book. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Truly, I am sorry for your father’s death,” I said with earnest feeling. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“You and your husband had recently put down earnest money on this land. Is that correct, Mrs. Heine?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the process of mythologizing Bobby commenced in earnest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The young man’s sentences grew jumbled as he continued, but his face remained earnest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And yet, none of that has made my heart skip like this earnest, hopeful look on his face as he waits to hear if I enjoyed the food he made for me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Winter is a slow time of year for a traveling troupe, but Abenthy put it to good use and finally got around to teaching me sympathy in earnest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t care that he’s too earnest or that he doesn’t know what he wants or that he’s harboring dreams of being a poet, a profession that leads to heartbreak and the poorhouse. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he squatted back on his heels and looked over his work with an earnest, furrowed forehead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Returning to Washington to begin our final year in the White House, we knew the clock was ticking now in earnest. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The scene was pitiable—the violence earnest, but with all the lassitude of the starving, peered down upon by triumphant rebels, Olympian in the dusk. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Darkness descended fast as they walked, and by the time they reached the High Street night was falling in earnest. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The goddess met her gaze in earnest before taking Koffi's hand and squeezing gently. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Olympic team boarding this ship, they were giddy, charged with earnest excitement. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“What about a top?” said Michael, giving the question his earnest consideration. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He had met this sort of white man before, earnest and believing what came out of their mouths. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It's too much coming from her mouth and the look in her eyes is too earnest and I'm too overwhelmed to answer. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The attack on the church began in earnest in 1517, when a constipated German monk nailed a list of complaints to the door of the church in Wittenberg. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The sky darkened as night fell and the music began in earnest. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Through a crack between the boards I watched him pick up his book bag and head off in his earnest, square-shouldered Anatole way down the road toward the school. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me, too,” I said, and then I got up quickly because her bright, blonde-framed face was so earnest it killed me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He flung himself down in- the heather and began to cry in earnest—he did not know why. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime there was a thousand dollars in earnest money—Carl put it on the table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The name meant nothing, but Perry at once recognized the face in the photograph of a young soldier with crew-cut hair and round, very earnest eyes. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Mom added softly, “I remember the feeling like it was okay to care. To not be so blasé. There’s something really earnest about school dances.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As the incline began in earnest I saw three cars pulled off near the ditch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Shreve was coming up the walk, shambling, fatly earnest, his glasses glinting beneath the running leaves like little pools. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore gave a little gasp and began to cry in earnest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In the prayer following the chapter, all his energy gathered—all his stern zeal woke: he was in deep earnest, wrestling with God, and resolved on a conquest. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she met him later, at an art gallery, he began wooing her in earnest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was when industrial manufacturing started in earnest. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

What he means by that, I can't know, but his tone is earnest. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It took the yacht a long time to guess what Candless was planning and start to flee in earnest. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

After that, she tried to work in earnest, and, therefore, she didn’t hear James come back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With one impulse the men sank on their knees and a deep and earnest “Amen” broke from all as their eyes followed the pointing of his finger. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I want to learn,” she said in earnest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Except, when Henry looks at him again, watches him take the first blessed sip of coffee, the smile comes back in earnest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

You might as well induce a belief that you are in earnest by inserting Mississippi, Detroit, or Winnipiprocket Pond as Connogocheque.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Just as she’d done that afternoon, but in deadly earnest now, she scooped a handful together and hurled it at the nearest soldier. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But looking at Dimple’s open face, hearing her earnest questions, his usual inhibitions turned to puffs of cloud, insubstantial, floating away as he tried to grasp them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“In faith, I think you speak in earnest,” I said slowly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

For all our earnest recycling, America is still seen as a terribly wasteful country. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Some of the most vigorous defenders of segregation are sincere in their beliefs and earnest in their motives. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“In earnest, I withdraw my claim,” he said. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He’s an earnest, dark-haired boy with a deceptively innocent look to his wide blue eyes, and his fiancee’s name, AELIA, tattooed in block letters on his bicep. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had an earnest, honest expression, like he really expected me to debate him on this, when all I really wanted to do was tell him to scram. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And I learned that “Shorty, can I see your bike?” was never a sincere question, and “Yo, you was messing with my cousin” was neither an earnest accusation nor a misunderstanding of the facts. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Even as I waited for His next blow, I sought, with earnest prayers, forgiveness for my sinful life. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, the conversation tended to be rather earnest in tone and some very interesting viewpoints were expressed.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Next to me is Craig, gentlemanly in a little bow tie and suit jacket, bearing an earnest expression. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then Harry turned his attention in earnest to the most urgent problem facing him: how to survive underwater for an hour on the twenty-fourth of February. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As she spoke with Negra, I listened to her sweet, earnest voice in the darkness of the bedroom and I felt happy. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

At last the train started up in earnest, going slowly at first, then picking up speed. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin studied Tom’s earnest face for a moment and then loosened his grip on the boy’s shirt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that they had to use it in earnest, they found it even narrower than they had thought. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her singing is earnest and heartfelt and completely awful. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Was it totally ridiculous to think of this skinny, earnest kid wearing the orange and white of Texas next year? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traveling feet-first along the ladder, he soon had to grip it in earnest as the centripetal force of the rotating ship took hold. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heat of summer had begun in earnest. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recognized that my life was starting in earnest and would take a different course from the one he had envisaged and planned for. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played a duet from “Zampa,” and at the earnest solicitation of every one present followed it with the overture to “The Poet and the Peasant.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make fun of her, but she was so earnest. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, please let me explain something to you,” he cajoled in a mature, reasoning, earnest voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A crack of thunder rang out, loud and sudden as a gunshot, and the rain began in earnest. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Detective Frank Geyer was a big man with a pleasant, earnest face, a large walrus mustache, and a new gravity in his gaze and demeanor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She began circling our legs and barking in earnest. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And now the scene, their slow and deliberate gathering actions, broke apart insanely as the two men began to pelt Linda and the five children in deadly earnest, aiming their rocks, trying to murder them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the Book was translated, Artemis could begin planning in earnest. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Howard started marketing his horse in earnest on the morning after the hundred-grander. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the revolution began in earnest in Hankow, it was impossible to ignore it. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not doubt your earnest desire to love God, Ophelia. But you come here not in freedom, but bound in spirit.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We listen to the earnest attempts of their talk, the bits of their stilted English. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leah in her earnest way helped him scout around for a project, but alas he found nothing worth pounding at, anywhere. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one I have in mind not only is wordy and earnest beyond my wildest dreams but is, to boot, rather excruciatingly personal. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

From the time the milking began in earnest, the cow made no more noise and displayed no more interest in them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Although I had boxed a bit at Fort Hare, it was not until I had lived in Johannesburg that I took up the sport in earnest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their noisy presences, of two different kinds, embarrassed us in this field of earnest, quiet work. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear Emma,” said he at last, with earnest kindness, “do you think you perfectly understand the degree of acquaintance between the gentleman and lady we have been speaking of?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

For a moment I can’t quite see right because of the snow, which is now coming down in earnest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped back from the bars, disgusted, and the warriors snickered again in earnest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Nonsense! I’m in earnest; I mean what I say. Let Mrs. Pontellier alone.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“So, you’ll ask?” he says, and as he pushes back his hair, his eyes are earnest. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The preacher’s face was black and sad and earnest and made him feel a sense of guilt deeper than that which even his murder of Mary had made him feel. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stares at me with wide, earnest eyes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They jostled and bumped one another, laughing, stamping their feet against the cold snap that had surprised the city this week, the last gasp of winter before spring began in earnest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“De nada,” Officer Mora said in earnest, as if he believed he had done his job. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

For them, the day was beginning in earnest. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Betrayal is a friend I have known a long time, a two-faced goddess looking forward and back with a clear, earnest suspicion of good fortune. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was immediately struck by the number of young Englishmen dotted about; all well dressed, all looking a little hungry and all talking in low earnest voices to solid and prosperous Americans. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Watson and Crick raced down to the lab and started model building in earnest. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I think of all the remarkable things he is— smart and enthusiastic and observant, quiet and earnest and kind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He was so earnest, and his sorrow was so fresh, that I felt it would comfort him, so I said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was light and earnest, the way he said it, like he just knew there was more to come. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His wide eyes were so earnest and sincere, I almost believed him myself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He wrote and rewrote the e-mail, not mentioning his wife or using the first person plural, trying for a balance between earnest and funny. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And just as she became more adept at her work, the winter came in earnest. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat pitched and rocked and spun, and then suddenly the naiads would heave in earnest, trying to catch her off balance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The time had come to discuss Weep’s “problem” in earnest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve forgotten my mother was once as pretty and as earnest as that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are long, earnest letters filled with genuine despair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She looks so earnest, so sincere, smiling her sweet smile. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We needed no further education to make us earnest abolitionists,” she wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was so out of character, and so earnest, that she nearly kissed him right there. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Taylor is perfectly earnest, and Martin is perfectly crotchety, and Abby is so lively and funny that it’s almost like our conversation in the dressing room never happened. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I’d lived with earnest and well-intentioned concerns for our safety since almost the day Barack first decided to run for president. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The top-drawer business had preyed on his mind till he had determined to be un-gentlemanly in earnest, if everybody accused him of being so. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

These goof sessions, which almost always ended as earnest talks on civil rights, often went on until Mommy got home from work. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed so earnest in her love of the religion and so dedicated to learning everything she could in the class for new converts, my father was immediately attracted to her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Despite my resistance to the hype that had preceded him, I found myself admiring Barack for both his self-assuredness and his earnest demeanor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Their blasé demeanor was certainly a cover for their deep disquiet, but that didn’t mean they weren’t absolutely in earnest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Though Mr. Armin was unquestionably an excellent fencing master, when it came to a duel fought in deadly earnest, I feared that he was no match for Falconer. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, somewhat to my surprise, six or seven of the porters set to work in earnest upon their arrival. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked you straight in the eye with a simple, earnest expression. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Although the official campaign for the national assembly was not scheduled to begin until February 1994, we started to campaign in earnest after the new constitution was ratified. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was this that made me get to work in dead earnest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that would have been a good time to start drinking in earnest. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They took to the court in earnest, and in earnest played to lose, just as Tyger had. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I trained in a desultory way, and only years later, when I had put on a few more pounds, did I begin to box in earnest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, she tried to work in earnest, and, therefore, she didn’t hear James come back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The question was pointed, meant as an insult or at least a challenge, but it also came from an earnest place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I asked earnest questions about what kind of work might be available to a lawyer who didn’t, in fact, want to practice law. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As if in reply, the wind gusted coldly and the rain began to beat down in earnest. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Planning for the war game began in earnest in the summer of 2000. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t claim that Powell had it all figured out: American history bedevils the most earnest attempts to make sense of it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I pondered Horatio’s question in earnest, for this was a chance to talk of love like the noble ladies in Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It began to rain again in earnest as we crossed to Penikese. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Classes started in earnest the next day, and among the many sleep- inducers—Note-Taking, Tool and Key Control, Cultural Awareness—were a few that made everyone sit up and take notice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

However much in earnest he might be, he had nothing of the single- mindedness that belongs to a fanatic. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

His fingers toyed with the hilt of his borrowed blade, though Dany knew he had never used a sword in earnest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Victor had lost all idea of courtesy, or else he thought his hostess was not in earnest, for he laughed and went on: The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Sam had been giving earnest thought to food as they marched. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

By quarter to ten, people start showing up in earnest, and I realize I have to pick up Milla. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

By then the Nazi blitzkrieg had begun in earnest, and Hitler’s forces were steamrolling across Europe. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We now had no alternative but to resort to civil disobedience, and we embarked on preparations for mass action in earnest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blasphemous lies in earnest tones he told—the one who planned the lad’s destruction! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain started falling in earnest as Magdalys heaved it aside with a clang. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Part of the great transformation that we know as the Scientific Revolution, a transformation which began in earnest the year after Montaigne retired to his library, consisted in improving our senses. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His stomach was probably growling in earnest now, like mine. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The idea of being afraid of you! Well, you see we used to play Pilgrim’s Progress, and we have been going on with it in earnest, all winter and summer.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw that she was in earnest, and said solemnly:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They were a rough-and-tumble bunch, not very worldly, but earnest and used to hard work. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Kam, I really appreciate you speaking up for me,” he said in earnest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

With a growl of rage and pain, he set upon me in earnest, battering aside my defenses until he found a breach and delivered a quick, angry thrust. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The actual planning of the charrette began in earnest with the formation of a steering committee. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard did not begin urging Seabiscuit in earnest until Rosemont was alongside him, just forward enough for Pollard to see him with his left eye, upon turning his head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, I must go find my Aloine and offer her my earnest thanks. How do I look?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yet it’s considered acceptable if it’s done unknowingly by earnest but ignorant publishers of stock newsletters, or by practitioners of quack medicine, or by television evangelists. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mirror, I can see their earnest faces following her every move, their eagerness when it is their turn to try a step. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It cantered forward, and now the dementors scattered in earnest, and immediately the night was mild again, but the sounds of the surrounding battle were loud in his ears. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When I glanced back, Rachel and Chiron were walking together in earnest conversation, like they were discussing funeral arrangements. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When he looked up, his brother was still watching him in earnest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then he took my face in his hands almost roughly, and kissed me in earnest, his unyielding lips moving against mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

On Easter Monday the rain began again in earnest. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s the next morning, before training begins again in earnest, and Hideo’s virtual image is in my room, leaning forward in his office chair and resting his elbows on his desk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Harry looked into Doge’s earnest, pained face and felt, not reassured, but frustrated. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It became his earnest wish to be declared the type specimen for Homo sapiens–that is, that his bones would be the official set for the human race. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

David held my hand in an earnest way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Maria thus begins my training in earnest, not just in opera, but in the feminine life. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It is our earnest expectation that you will do all you can to help your son seize this opportunity. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then there’s a preacher, earnest, with shining dark eyes, leaning towards us across a desk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I meant it in perfect earnest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Three or four steps backward, smiling that gentle smile, before he turned and fled in earnest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There was something earnest in the way she put stylus to paper, like a littlie learning how to read. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t exactly walk around giving little earnest speeches about how deeply and sincerely I appreciate my friends. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

An earnest and eager student, he signed up for an overload of classes. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Professor, are you in earnest; or it is some monstrous joke? Pardon me, I see that you are in earnest.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes spent exchanging earnest banalities, we went our separate ways. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at me, her brown eyes earnest. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I just want to thump my old self in the face when I think about her, so earnest and self-righteous and flamboyantly heroic. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She met his gaze and hoped she looked earnest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But recent financial losses had led me to alter my earnest resolution. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Most recently he had turned down another outlandish idea, this from an earnest young Pittsburgh engineer who had attended his lecture to the Saturday Afternoon Club. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“A means to ensure that those who seek my services are in earnest.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

What we now think of as the essence of Sesame Street — the artful blend of fluffy monsters and earnest adults — grew out of a desperate desire to be sticky. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need to be earnest about it, I need to ponder it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the surgeries that Dr. Stevens described, Cora thought, the whites had begun stealing futures in earnest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We were still immersed in the business of every day, but we'd also started to plan in earnest for what lay ahead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“There she stood,” Stanton wrote, “with her good, earnest face and genial smile...I like her thoroughly.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They’re cleaner and more earnest, and they want paying jobs when they graduate. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She has this earnest look on her face, as though she’s concerned about me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His serenity is also troubled by a chance encounter with a former wartime shipmate whose sentimental reminiscences spark jingoistic bombast and earnest regret. Movies 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

The current crop of maverick musicians takes a more earnest approach. The New Angry Young Men: Rockers Who Rail Against ‘Toxic Masculinity’ 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

The Freundlich essay’s earnest, directive tone is in perfect counterpoint to Mr. Leu’s shrewdly and entertainingly persuasive video. Art In Review: PER-OSKAR LEU: ?Crisis and Critique? 2012-02-16T22:48:15Z

While earnest bombast takes over some songs, the tracks with the lightest touch — like “A Django Christmas”; a Gypsy-jazz version of “We Three Kings”; and “Song for Kwanzaa,” with jaunty African-style guitars — work best. Holiday Hits, Christmas Comebacks and Some Jingle Bell Schlock 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

She’s facing the final critique from a committee of four instructors who sit in her studio, lobbing comments about her work — some earnest, some passive-aggressive, altogether a bit bewildering. ‘The African Desperate’ Expands the Movies’ Narrow View of the Art World 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

Especially since Yorick — earnest, enthusiastic, goofy, oblivious — doesn’t understand that he is the terrifying talking skeleton from whom everyone is running. Bone Up on Shakespeare, With a Skeleton and His Ankle-Nibbling Nemesis 2020-08-15T04:00:00Z

Her thoughts on Kierkegaard and company, and on her own experiences, are perhaps uncommonly articulate, but not extraordinary in a smart, earnest seeker of her age. Julien Baker: Sad Songs That Whisper and Howl 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

MacFarlane and Wahlberg "embody the comedy truths that a cute, cuddly toy can get away with anything and a Boston accent is inherently entertaining," while the film around them is "surprisingly earnest." 'Ted 2' has some critics in stitches, some indifferent 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

This view is an earnest leap away from her first book, the biting “Power Money Fame Sex: A User’s Guide.” On Top of the Happiness Racket 2010-02-26T23:31:00Z

A mix of new tracks and burnished live-set standards, the album has an earnest, arts and crafts feel, the tracks as varied in style as they are in length. Ripely Pine: A New Album That Details What It’s Like to be a Twenty-Something in 2013 2013-02-22T14:30:13Z

The strong summer run began in earnest with "Jurassic World," which shattered expectations and set records with its $208.8-million domestic opening. Hollywood is on track for a record year, some analysts say 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

It was 2014, the night of a freshman play, “Road,” a gritty drama co-directed by Moss in one of her early, earnest efforts. The Making of ‘Six’: How Tudor Queens Turned Into Pop Stars 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Her life as a highly visible public figure began in earnest when she was featured as the centerfold in the February 1990 issue of Playboy. Pamela Anderson’s Garden of Eden 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

The applause got a bit more earnest as the play continued, as the characters became more real to the fixated audience. Nigerians at home get 1st glimpse of 'Fela!' 2011-02-06T22:38:09Z

A large group of guys there for a bachelor party, half of them wearing Hawaiian shirts, were beginning to drink in earnest. Who Needs the Hamptons When You Have the Parker House? 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z

“Who I Am” is an earnest, tortured, searching book — by turns eloquent and long-winded, revealing and oddly elliptical. Books of The Times: ‘Who I Am: A Memoir,’ by Pete Townshend 2012-10-09T00:36:11Z

Sometimes it flashed anyway, like dimples on the cheek of an earnest rancher. Review: A Big Cool Breeze of Rick Bass Stories 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

He has an earnest, sturdy voice, sometimes deploying an anxious yelp that casually recalls Raphael Saadiq. R&B That Sweats, Emotionally and Physically 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

But he brought an aura of earnest decency to the cavalry officers, cattle rustlers and assorted second fiddles he portrayed. Harry Carey Jr., Boyish Sidekick to John Wayne, Dies at 91 2013-01-02T00:53:22Z

She returned to her career, in earnest, as the composer of the Tony-nominated score for “The Secret Garden” in 1991 and, now, as the composer of the musical “Doctor Zhivago,” which opened recently on Broadway. Carly and Lucy Simon on Music, Fame, Sibling Rivalry and, Yes, James Taylor 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

Then, in 1949, he moved to Greenwich Village, where his artistic life began in earnest. Edward Albee, Trenchant Playwright Who Laid Bare Modern Life, Dies at 88 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

Trump administration officials began talking in earnest on the Sunday morning news-discussion programs. The TV pundits are talking about the prospects for war with Iran, and it sounds a lot like 2003 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z

One of these qualities is a generalized concern more earnest and unremitting than any radicalism in living memory. Sally Rooney and Love in the Time of General Systems Collapse 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

“When I had hair, I was often cast as an earnest young guy who had a dark secret and would blow up when you didn’t expect it.” Supporting character: Washington-raised actor in two top D.C. series 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

Brendan Fraser gives an extremely earnest, admirably restrained performance: It's easy to believe in him as a distraught but determined father. 2010-01-22T21:22:00Z

This deadpan sensibility, staying earnest in the face of extreme stupidity, has found its classiest practitioners in Joel and Ethan Coen. Airplane at 30! The ride of their lives 2010-08-22T20:30:00Z

With Clinton and Trump campaigning in earnest, comedians will inevitably be stealing some of the spotlight. The 8 Best Impressions of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

Around us, people sporting Nike high-tops and a few vintage boomboxes posed for Instagram photos in front of their adolescent dream cars, in a surprisingly earnest celebration of a lost era. The Fight for the Right to Drive 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

This model universe was conceived to be worthy, earnest and instructive but today seems camp and wry. 10 of Europe’s oddest attractions and events 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

He es like Puck, or Loki; he functions as an audience representative, kicking everything over whenever it starts to get too earnest. The Morning Show: TV so excellent it will make you totally resent Friends 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

Another new release that operates in the same orbit — though decidedly strikes a more consistently earnest chord — is "The Midnight Gospel." From "Solar Opposites" to "Midnight Gospel," recent otherworldly animation is worth the head-trip 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

His recent solo record, “Upside Down Mountain,” is a sophisticated, earnest folk song cycle. Pop and Rock Listings for Dec. 5-Dec. 11 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

He is resourceful and funny, earnest and clever, an obedient enlisted man who nevertheless circumvents regulations if it means serving the greater good. What “M*A*S*H” Taught Us 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

He's like an earnest, comically deranged motivation speaker. 'The Dilemma': Happy days upended for couples in Ron Howard infidelity comedy 2011-01-13T02:33:04Z

Look how rapidly standards of beauty suddenly broadened once people started critiquing the system in earnest. Gender, Lockdown and Really Good Outerwear 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z

The ocean views began in earnest and were absolutely stunning. What it’s like to take a 35-hour ride on the Coast Starlight train from L.A. to Seattle 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

In another silent scene, the boys are with Jonathas’s mother, an earnest homemaker in a print dress and white apron. Music Review: ‘David et Jonathas,’ at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-04-18T21:56:57Z

We know how the story ends, but Keri Russell plays Elizabeth’s concern with such earnest intensity that I could have, for moments, believed I was watching alternative history. The Americans Watch: Honey, I Forgot to Duck 2013-02-21T14:29:25Z

An earnest, if hokey, story-telling reenactment takes place every Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Journeys: In Germany, on the Grimm Brothers? Fairy Tale Road 2010-06-24T21:07:00Z

You’re from China?” one of the girls asked in a tone that wasn’t racist but inquisitively earnest. The Chinese home I never knew 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

He went on like that, in classic Letterman monologue form, deftly maneuvering between dry quips and earnest praise of Pearl Jam. 8 Memorable Moments From the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

Life in the wild is often viewed as an earnest struggle to survive, but evidence is rapidly accumulating that animal life holds great potential for joy. Happy animals: the joy beyond the struggle to survive - in pictures 2011-07-25T08:45:47Z

The 2022-23 season, which is scheduled to run from September to June, will feature the presenter’s typical variety of soloists and ensembles, but with an earnest focus on female musicians and composers. Carnegie Hall’s New Season: What We Want to Hear 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

Affable, earnest and humanly scaled, “The Meddler” is the kind of entertainment that the studios used to supply by the boatload and that now tends to show up on the small screen. Review: In ‘The Meddler,’ a Yakkety Mom Comes of (a Certain) Age 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

Clift perfectly shows how bewildered, earnest, and yet conceited and evasive his character is: Taylor's feline self-possession is troubled by George's extravagant, ingenuous passion. A Place in the Sun – review 2013-01-31T21:45:01Z

There’s also spoken word, weak humor, self-help advice and earnest, rhymed doggerel about hope. Dance Review: Soul Steps and Dance Theater of Ireland - Review 2011-11-23T23:44:41Z

But whatever their tools, Mr. Maren told the assembled writers, there would be no paper-crumpling, earnest brow-furrowing or any of the other histrionics Hollywood uses to signal that actual writing is being done. ArtsBeat: In a Brooklyn Cafe, It's Write! Camera! Action! 2012-11-20T00:06:03Z

With all contact forbidden, Hank nonetheless conducts some earnest, stumbling conversations with Marlene through her closed front door. Review: 'What Rhymes With America' is quirky fun 2012-12-13T01:43:08Z

“I did a lot of that in those days. They were so sweetly earnest, as I now appreciatively recall, about introducing me to ‘the finer things.’ Richard Schickel, Critic and Filmmaker, Dies at 84 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z

But it is also, and perhaps more significantly, an earnest statement of the thesis that movies can and should be great. ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Review: Will This Stuff Still Fly? 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

On the subject of love, the show is bizarrely, steadfastly earnest. How "The Bachelor" hooked us -- again 2010-03-01T13:27:00Z

In the Louie episode “So Did the Fat Lady,” Louis CK doesn’t use the phrase “check your privilege,” because earnest slogans are the death of comedy. Louie Checks His Privilege 2014-05-13T13:45:49Z

The actor is in pale dungaree shorts and an embroidered denim jacket, and at 33 is slight and earnest; she could, if she wanted to, still just about carry off bunches. Zoe Kazan: ‘There’s so much sexual harassment on set' 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z

Mixing camp and deadly earnest, he offers an ultimately hopeful vision of heaven, which in his cosmology but not Cohn’s includes Balenciaga gowns, red corsages, racial impurity and gender confusion. Seeing a New Disease but the Same Neglect in ‘Angels in America’ 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

It's a laudable message of course, but there's something earnest, lifeless and school-projectish about the whole affair. A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures ? review 2011-03-24T22:51:00Z

Thus began, in earnest, my foray into the deep ocean of screenwriting books. I was a screenwriting guru groupie 2012-11-24T15:00:00Z

It is sly and earnest, full of songs that move anxiously in several directions — punk, new wave, funk, soul, hip-hop — and full of agitated vocals from Mr. Williams and Mr. Haley. Happy No More, Pharrell Williams and N.E.R.D Want to Wake You Up 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

But, an earnest teenager, I became annoyed by people climbing those trees for a better view, until the branches broke. The Rolling Stones take on Hyde Park … again 2013-04-03T19:28:19Z

While he has the same charming smile and supremely relaxed conversational style, he sounds different here: melancholy, earnest and poetic, direct. Jerrod Carmichael Comes Out in a Riveting Special That’s About So Much More 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

He created it with a couple of friends – having persuaded the city fathers to let them take over an earnest community title called the Voice. Shane Smith: 'I want to build the next CNN with Vice – it's within my grasp' 2013-03-23T22:24:20Z

One True Vine is a gospel album; however, its earnest sentiments are universal. Mavis Staples Spreads Love and Joy on One True Vine 2013-06-26T09:45:05Z

But because so little of that language is in the film, Sal emerges as an earnest, passive, almost drippy disciple more concerned with gathering material for a novel than with living high in the moment. Movie Review: ‘On the Road,’ Directed by Walter Salles 2012-12-20T23:12:37Z

I've spent a lot of time parsing the Cannes roster, and have concluded that, film-buff-wise, it offers the possibility of being absolutely great, in an earnest, artistic, quietly ambitious kind of way. Cannes this film festival be saved? 2010-05-12T18:12:00Z

By the time work began in earnest, it was already 2006. What Took So Long? Why the World Trade Center Still Isn't Finished 2011-09-09T09:00:00Z

This was the moment America’s cupcake craze began in earnest. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z

There have been a number of efforts to make TV in and about the pandemic last year, more earnest than memorable. Review: ‘In Treatment’ Thinks You Could Use a Session, America 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

The cards don’t yet reveal when art will begin in earnest again. New York is one of the world’s great cities for the arts — but the damage from the pandemic is proving to be catastrophic 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

The New York Times described it as "ambitious, earnest... and seductive" while identifying some "nagging flaws". Sting musical opens on Broadway 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

He passes an adult judgment on his navel-gazing politics, labeling it self-righteous and earnest and humorless. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

The result is frantically overstuffed but earnest, diligent and defiantly optimistic. ‘Unbound’ Shows Transgender Men Ripping Up Old Scripts 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

Aside from a Christmas album in 2016, the pianist hasn’t released an earnest full-length in five years. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 70 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

But that’s merely a milieu — the real vividness in “Hindsight” is in the storytelling and acting, which is earnest without being cloying. ‘Hindsight’ Is a New VH1 Series 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

With his preppy shirts, earnest, toothy grin and diffident manner, Kinney – a 41-year-old father of two and self-confessed former computer games addict – was probably never picked first for the school football team. Jeff Kinney: 'People ask me, is Greg really you?' 2012-12-01T00:05:34Z

What I liked best was how not of the moment the piece felt: how earnest, how big-hearted. 12 Surprising Reasons to Be Grateful for the Arts in 2017 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

The line, from David Mamet’s play Speed-The-Plow, belongs to the earnest secretary Karen, who is desperate to convince her Hollywood boss that she understands him. Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Make or Break the London Production of Speed-The-Plow 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

At their best, Mr. Elam’s dances find pathos in not-quite-human creatures behaving humanly; his mode is earnest and awkward, a cuddly kind of odd. Dance Review: Misnomer Dance Theater at Joyce SoHo 2011-12-12T23:21:34Z

Think of the earnest liberal who encounters a panhandler, is moved to pity by the man’s obvious destitution, but refrains from offering a quarter — since the hobo might, after all, spend the money on booze. The poor: America?s piggy bank 2012-05-17T14:31:00Z

Haida is a self-proclaimed philosopher in the making, and he sits on the cusp of the earnest and the absurd. Haruki Murakami’s ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage’ 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

We stood in cocktail circles and exchanged earnest interest. Everyone is so special 2014-04-05T22:00:00Z

Back in 1965, this calculated unprofessionalism is widely taken for the raised middle finger that it indeed is, and does not endear Dylan to some of his more earnest former fans. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

The earnest, repellent notion is raised again by Tony when he gets Don to try, for the first time, fried chicken. “Green Book,” Reviewed: Peter Farrelly’s Bland, Regressive Flip on “Driving Miss Daisy” 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

Like its predecessors, the album mixes earnest takes on heartbreak with the extended, self-deprecating ego dissections that have earned him a reputation as something like the indie-rock Woody Allen. Jeffrey Lewis, Singer and Illustrator 2011-11-22T23:09:54Z

The city’s annual film festival, in late August, is when industry buzz about potential awards nominations begins in earnest, kicking off an exhausting schedule of events, interviews, lunches and awards show. Oscars: the secrets of the Hollywood stylist 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

A great many people love this movie to the point of being obnoxious about it on social media, and its vibe of earnest, energetic, slightly cloying emotional openness was the evening’s dominant vibe. This Year, a Plain Old Ordinary Oscars Was Something to Savor 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

Sometimes I watch the opening credits of a so-called highbrow film, and my heart sinks, because I fear the film is going to be too earnest or too small. The WWE Enters Into Partnerships With Movie Studios 2012-03-25T01:27:19Z

She is married again to an earnest politician who takes her to Washington and leaves her alone a lot during the years “our gang” of four towheads is growing up. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

The ensemble sings with earnest refinement, a certain detachment and evident enjoyment. Music in Review 2011-04-09T00:11:04Z

Cellist Russell Rolen played the solo part of the Cello Sonata with earnest, yearning tone, beautiful despite occasional wayward intonation. Pianist Daniel Schlosberg plays the works of Kurt Weill and Francis Poulenc at the National Gallery of Art 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

Now that summer's here in earnest, I hope they find their sea legs soon. Water view, mouthwatering menu on Eastlake 2011-07-14T19:28:04Z

I knew it was risky, but he was so sweet and earnest. Some People Flip Real Estate. I Flip Men. 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

Add an overall sensibility that its creators acknowledge is earnest, unironic and absent of cynicism, and it becomes even harder for them to gauge whether “Bright Star” is going to burn brilliantly or fade away. Steve Martin and Edie Brickell on the Hard Work Behind ‘Bright Star’ on Broadway 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

As Rich Juzwiak points out in Jezebel, “3 Generations” wasn’t chided for its earnest depiction of the struggles that transgender teens go through. Harvey Weinstein’s evil genius playbook: How he got LGBT people to support one of the year’s most controversial films 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

The show's comedy walks the line between arch and broad, but the unifying message is one of earnest sincerity – the same version the world appreciates and has praised in his viral videos. "Servant of the People" is an example of a politician living up to the promise he plays out on TV 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

Dodge’s wonderfully pleasant show is as earnest and honest as Lizzie and, like Starbuck, just a little bit larger than life. At Ford’s, a cool ‘110 in the Shade’ 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

They rest on solemn white pedestals, made of cardboard and painted white, and are accompanied by a news release that describes with earnest precision the methods and materials used to make them. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

It has the feel of a big American idea, born out of earnest ambition. Is a patty melt a hamburger or a sandwich? Either way, it's the best 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z

She is complex: both strong and vulnerable, funny and earnest, seething with hunger and untapped power. 'The Last Nude': Artist paints model, love ensues 2012-01-12T21:12:04Z

I started the course in earnest, switching between browser tabs I’d pulled up to show interesting colloquial uses of statistics and statistical reasoning. The gig economy goes to class 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

This is an earnest, tastefully done hotel with muted rooms that don’t compete with stunning views of Lake Mendota — whether it’s frozen solid or filled with sailboats. In Wisconsin, a Tastefully Redone Lakeside Hotel 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

The actual writing is rarely so unsubtle, except when Payne yields the floor to earnest speechifying about carnal needs and emotional desires. “Wanderlust,” Reviewed: Toni Collette in a Self-Help Soap Opera 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

‘Invisible Thread’ This earnest new musical, written by Griffin Matthews and Matt Gould, concerns Mr. Matthews’s own experiences teaching students in Uganda. Theater Listings for Dec. 18-24 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

“If I’m earnest in giving you real information and singing at the best of my ability, even though I can’t sing, that’s just funny.” Amy Sedaris Is Excited for the Emmys. She Just Has to Find a Rabbit Sitter. 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

The songs labor to rouse indignation, but the effort doesn’t pay — and Keegan’s earnest low-budget staging, featuring little more than broad swatches of bland light, lacks style. DC Theater Friday: ‘Three Sisters’ 2.0, plus a ‘Nasty Women’ rep 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

He appears more decidedly earnest, thoughtful and working class. Critic?s Notebook: Reconsidering ?Lobby Hero? by Kenneth Lonergan 2011-11-06T22:45:44Z

His portrayal of the prickly, antagonistic prince opposite Colin Firth's earnest George VI showed Pearce really can act in any accent. Guy Pearce: five best moments 2013-07-05T09:00:00Z

He is a kind and earnest man with slightly strange proportions—small hands, delicate mouth, formidable shoulders, and a large and somehow senatorial head. “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

Taylor Raven brought a depth of character to her portrayal of Rosina as an earnest, confident young woman not to be messed with. Review | Musical hilarity wins over high jinks in Wolf Trap’s ‘Barber of Seville’ 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z

The Northern Virginia printmaker-painter’s “Trees/Humans: Life in the Balance” carries an earnest message, as its title indicates. Review | In the galleries: A heightened homage to trees and what they can teach us 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

Comfortable in a dark suit, seemingly earnest, and at ease rubbing shoulders with Tahlequah’s elite, it’s hard not to see Hembree for his own political ambitions. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z

Yannis has a habit of making grand statements that sound vaguely preposterous in print, yet are delivered in person with earnest enthusiasm and more than a glint of knowing humour. Foals on Holy Fire: 'We were inspired by voodoo' 2013-04-25T17:11:02Z

“The Lady of the Lake” is more than a “weird love letter to Baltimore newspapers” — it is an earnest and beautiful homage to a city and its people. Review | Laura Lippman’s love letter to Baltimore and its people 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

Dressed in a trim gray suit, with short blond hair and eyeglasses, she looked bookish and earnest and sang with bright, penetrating sound. Music Review: Strauss’s ‘Arabella,’ at Santa Fe Opera 2012-07-31T21:48:43Z

WBC is best known for our picketing, which began in earnest in the early 1990s. Growing up in Westboro Baptist Church: We were “true believers,” everyone else the enemy 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

It’s the story of an earnest lover of jazz who spent lots of time in the combination apartment and music studio of the bassist Walter Booker. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

He was, Kinney writes, “earnest, embarrassingly so. He would talk and talk and talk about traveling east, meeting Woody, making it big.” Bob Dylan, Fanboy 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

Surely, if theaters ever reopen, “The Silence” will be staged by some exceedingly earnest director and accompanied by music by Philip Glass. Review | Don DeLillo’s ‘The Silence’ is an absurdist look at our technology dependence 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

His songs, at least from the Neutral Milk Hotel records, are charismatically surreal and naïve, pressing forward in earnest yelps; he sat and strummed their dirt-simple accompaniment with nervous precision. Critic?s Notebook: All Tomorrow?s Parties Festival at Asbury Park, N.J. 2011-10-03T22:40:06Z

An early scene shows his baptism into born-again Christianity, and we listen in on his earnest conversations with a church deacon. | 'Small Town Murder Songs': Violence Close at Hand Shakes a Bucolic Setting 2011-06-30T22:03:06Z

Repatriation claims from many indigenous peoples began in earnest in the 1990s but for years were stonewalled by many museums with a blanket statement that they were not legally allowed to return the collections. Natural History Museum returns bones of 138 Torres Strait Islanders 2011-03-10T01:00:01Z

Held in a postage stamp-sized art gallery in central Paris, the earnest show was a welcome change from the over-produced blockbusters staged by the luxury giants, where everything goes off without a hitch. Bill Gaytten steps out of the shadow at Galliano 2011-06-25T00:24:32Z

These are minor, if often annoying, distractions from a story line that is deadly earnest. Joel Dicker’s ‘Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair’: High emotion in much-hyped thriller

But at the heart of it, behind the wealth signifiers, the chinchilla coats and the earnest class climbing, is a marriage and a family that’s being redefined under the societal pressures of a new environment. Jude Law, Carrie Coon on the moody marital drama ‘The Nest’ 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z

Scott called it an “earnest and utterly flummoxing adaptation.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘The Eddy’ and the Los Angeles Philharmonic 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

Fleming, later seen in his bacteriology lab at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, is a rumpled, earnest figure. In a Musical About Penicillin’s Inventor, Superbugs Take Center Stage 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

His earnest and righteously grandiose direction evokes, as few movies do, a craving for Michael Bay at the controls. The Robotic Familiarity of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

What’s more, it embodies the ostensible redemption of a mere comedy director through earnest purpose. 2019 Oscar Nominations and Predictions (And Who Should Have Made the List) 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

“Science, which always seems earnest to the point of stuffiness, is too important to leave only to scientists.” Jake Page, Editor Who Made Science Accessible, Dies at 80 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

It's a come-as-you-are neighborhood cafe, and its earnest mission to serve good local food, moderately priced, all day, mostly succeeds. Farm-to-fork fare 2011-08-25T18:07:05Z

In 2007, after Daniel Linehan unveiled his earnest solo “Not About Everything,” he didn’t get my vote for most likely to succeed. Dance Review: Daniel Linehan in the American Realness Festival - Review 2012-01-12T23:55:14Z

This Canadian indie rock band makes earnest, romantic guitar anthems that could go on a mixtape with Wolf Parade, Constantines and Weed — and that's a good thing. 7 days of Seattle music: From Ben Gibbard to Emanuel Ax 2012-11-09T20:04:04Z

She's a throwback, an earnest environmentalist interested in camping on Royal's land because he manages it with consideration to the earth. “Outer Range” is Amazon's creepier answer to "Yellowstone" 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z

It was the best kind of off-color Willard commentary — earnest, random and often revealing. Best in Show: Watch Fred Willard’s Most Memorable Roles 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z

He has regularly worked in regional theatre and, having trained at the Royal Court, started his career in earnest at Live theatre in Newcastle. Jeremy Herrin takes helm at Headlong 2013-06-11T12:16:05Z

It’s cruel to embed “King Kong” within any movie of such earnest and mild intent, and the comparison does Bayona’s film no favors. “A Monster Calls” and the Stifling Lessons of Children’s Movies 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

Both men found earnest bubbles for themselves and never left. Review: In ‘The Wiz Live!’ on NBC, a Search for More in the Emerald City 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the company’s gleaming modern opera house, and the celebrations kick off in earnest with a new ‘‘Magic Flute.’’ What's On This Week Around the World 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

It all started in earnest after the debate, according to David, when talent agent Ari Emanuel "called me up and said, 'What did you think?'" Larry David and Bernie Sanders Are Actually Related 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Crystal Gayle offers an intimate rendition of the touching “True Lovers and Friends,” which boasts an intricate, jazz-influenced bridge, and Gill and Kelly Hogan offer an earnest boy-girl duet on “More Today Than Yesterday.” Davies’ album showcases rock, country and pop 2013-03-27T02:54:35Z

With a program that studiously avoided overplayed fare, the playing was accomplished and earnest but lacked sizzle. Review | Young Concert Artists presents local debut of a rising duo at the Kennedy Center 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

In 1963 he returned to conventional employment as a translator at the Australian National University in Canberra at the same time that his poetry career began in earnest. A life in writing: Les Murray 2010-11-22T00:05:00Z

She had a girlfriend — secretly — in college, and then came out in earnest in the late ’80s. ‘The Paying Guests,’ by Sarah Waters, Looks at 1920s Britain 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

Or maybe fans got a whiff of the premise – Arnett is an immature heir to oil billions, Keri Russell is the overly earnest environmentalist of his dreams – and found it wanting. Jonathan Bernstein's Aerial View of American TV 2010-10-22T23:06:00Z

It all seems intended to adhere to a folky mood — earnest, communal and tasteful. The Hot List: Newport Folk Festival 2012 2012-06-21T21:41:05Z

In an intentional move to distinguish themselves from David Letterman’s detached approach, O’Brien and Richter didn’t double down on ironic distance, with the sidekick bringing his own earnest silliness to the show. Does the Job of Talk-Show Sidekick Even Make Sense Anymore? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

These were performed by three actors, dressed as if in an earnest amateur-dramatics production, who delivered every confused and rambling monologue as if it were the highest form of poetry. 'Theatre is awkward, weird and dirty': Nature Theatre of Oklahoma head this way 2013-04-30T17:00:01Z

On the verses of “Stressed Out,” he raps, with a taut, earnest bounce that recalls Macklemore or Gym Class Heroes. The Slippery Appeal of the Biggest New Band in America 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

Look no further than critics’ punching bags Journey and Toto becoming cool or the way the Yacht Rock phenomenon has transformed overly earnest ’70s and ’80s soft rock into a beloved cult fascination. Year of the Monkees: How the once-maligned “Pre-fab Four” came out on top — and cemented their legacy 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

The release of “The Postcard” also led Berest to experience antisemitism in earnest, she said. An Unsigned Postcard Named Four Family Members Who Died in the Holocaust. Why? 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

An actor whose modesty, wit and earnest embrace of the Oscar race charms both punters and peers. How Brad Pitt's zen reinvention has paved the way for Oscar glory 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

It was 2005 when the major 9/11 novels began to arrive in earnest. Perspective | What will post-pandemic fiction look like? The novels that followed 9/11 offer some clues. 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

I love the dynamic between the two hosts: lively and comedic, but with an earnest exploration of each task. Revolutions, self-help and the election – podcasts of the week 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

That's right, "Doomsday Preppers" returned to the National Geographic Channel for its second season on Tuesday night, and Jason was one of the earnest, rather frightening preppers the program introduced in back-to-back episodes. ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: 'Doomsday Preppers,' After the Hurricane 2012-11-14T04:00:36Z

They're also playing for their/our lives – during Pretty Vacant and the next song, two police boats start moving around in earnest. The Sex Pistols' jubilee boat trip – a classic account 2012-05-29T11:41:16Z

Vollrath was a graduate student of neurophysiology when he started looking at webs and spider silks in earnest. Fritz Vollrath: "Who wouldn't want to study spiders?' 2013-01-12T19:00:00Z

But the real pleasure comes from spending time with endearingly earnest Sam, the college senior and aspiring painter whom Elisabeth hires to babysit her infant son. A Babysitter, Her Employer and $46 Hand Soap 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

With her tiny body and earnest little smile, Cojocaru looks almost too typecast as the goody-goody Cinders – yet her dancing brings vivid nuance to the role. Cinderella 2010-04-12T21:00:00Z

As I looked through a catalog of available designs, contemplating an ironic purchase, a mother and her daughter walked in and began to browse in earnest. Dixie Outfitters is still fighting the Civil War 2013-09-11T22:59:00Z

As David Edelstein wrote in New York magazine, this "painfully earnest plea on behalf of persecuted children should be seen by kids above all." 'Bully' filmmaker makes a documentary that touches a nerve 2012-04-05T23:37:04Z

Clint, the leader, is hotheaded and impatient, while Lane is earnest and cautious. | 'Touching Home': Ed Harris Stars as an Alcoholic Father 2010-05-13T22:53:00Z

Their efforts were alternately profound, moving and earnest — some triumphs and some cringing misses. Perspective | How 9/11 altered the fiction landscape in 13 novels 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

Eating, on the other hand, reveals a more playful side to the talented but earnest chef I remember from CityZen. Kinship review: The welcome return of a favorite chef 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

He describes contracting Lyme disease about 20 years ago, which he says led him to give up music and was among the reasons he began to pursue painting in earnest. John Lurie Doesn’t Paint Happy Trees 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

With our kids too young to surf, and the waves yet to rise in earnest, we spent the mornings seeking shade and the afternoons seeking adventure. With civil war and a tsunami behind it, Sri Lanka’s east coast is opening up to tourism 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Finally, the prelude to Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger,” in an ample, forthright and earnest performance, seemed both a summation and a valediction. National Philharmonic brings its unique touch to a vintage lineup 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

But the interpretation suits the general spirit of this “Earnest,” which isn’t earnest at all. London Theater Journal: En Travesti, Both Sides Now 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

“I never saw that as an insult — ‘Oh, she’s so earnest.’ ’90s folk superstar Jewel is happy — finally. Now she wants to know: Are you? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

At 14, he wrote an earnest letter to the National Geographic Society, which responded in two months with encouragement. Destinations Await in the Summer’s Best Travel Books 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

Securing funding has been a source of struggle since efforts began in earnest to construct the monument in 1833. Washington Monument to Reopen After Three Years 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

That's the thing with these guys: No band is more unassuming or more confident in their abilities; more earnest or more cynical. Avett Brothers disarm audience at Paramount 2010-07-19T19:02:00Z

It wasn’t until 1973, when the Guggenheim gave Malevich his first United States retrospective, that Americans embraced him in earnest. Art Review: It All Started With a Simple Square 2011-03-11T00:05:42Z

More than that, he got audiences to buy into Ridley Scott’s handsome swords-and-sandals epic by imbuing his tragic and principled hero with an earnest decency that gives the big-budget genre movie some genuine emotional heft. Top 10 Movie Swordsmen 2011-10-20T09:00:13Z

The music is passionate, earnest, infectious — spiritually descended from Fleet Foxes, the Avett Brothers and Electric Light Orchestra. The Seattle band The Head and the Heart prepares itself for something big 2010-10-15T23:07:00Z

The Killers haven’t forged their own language for earnest pop uplift. Music Review: The Killers at Madison Square Garden 2013-05-15T21:27:57Z

Still, Braunfels’s appealing, earnest musical language lacks that extra originality and invention. Music Review: Braunfels’s ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ Plays at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-02T21:51:38Z

“Born of Lakes and Plains” begins in earnest in the 1600s and revolves mainly around five mixed-descent families, whose stories stretch from the Great Lakes down through the Midwest to the Southern Plains. An Immersive History of Mixed-Descent Native Families 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

At the same time, “she was a generous woman, fond of the young and earnest in her desire to help.” A Book of Cheeky Obituaries Highlights ‘Eccentric Lives’ 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

In a passage that never fails to bring tears to my eyes, the earnest Starbuck pleads with Ahab to abandon his blasphemous, vengeful quest for the white whale. Call me the greatest American novel 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

If that sounds like faint praise, you are welcome to return to that earnest, high-minded, critically acclaimed bestseller. ‘The Gentleman’: a Wodehouse wanna-be that (kind of) does 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

The film’s second protagonist, Mélanie, is an earnest redhead who lives in a Paris suburb with her mother. A New Film About Young French Women Drawn to Jihadism 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Hence we have NSO performances of works based on Shakespeare interspersed with actors giving earnest Shakespeare readings, or slides projected on screens above the stage. When musicians risk painting themselves into corners 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Juice’s music often luxuriates in gloom, but this track finds him at his most ecstatic: “Life’s good so I’m living great,” he proclaims, singing the earnest praises of vacations, healthy eating and leg day. A Bittersweet Juice WRLD Team-Up, and 13 More New Songs 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z

The earnest naïveté borders at times on the unintentionally comic. In ‘Swim Little Fish Swim,’ a Couple at a Crossroads 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

After this false start the show begins in earnest with Parisian cafe scenes by both. Art Review: Who?s the Voyeur Now, Picasso? 2010-08-26T22:37:00Z

But regardless of Vance’s personal experiences and politics, the success of his book established a uniform — and lamentable — tone for how the region is written about: dry, somber, earnest, wonkish. Is there a cure for Rust Belt rhetoric? This witty little novel might be a start. 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

It started as an earnest plea from Bruce Willis for car safety. Fox scores with entertaining Super Bowl telecast 2014-02-03T05:34:11Z

South, but he didn't begin his music career in earnest until moving to Quebec in 1967. Singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester dead at 69 2014-04-12T04:58:02Z

His features were large and mobile; his voice was a deep, earnest, rough-hewed bleat. Jack Klugman, Stage and Screen Actor, Is Dead at 90 2012-12-25T03:41:27Z

Her writing career began in earnest when, as a senior at Queens College, she completed a novel about a rabbi’s secretary. Ann Birstein, Memoirist and Novelist, Dies at 89 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z

What Stern and his musicians achieve is a thoroughly American reading, characterized by earnest commitment and high-level ensemble playing. CD Reviews: John Adams’s musical jokes 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Vessels get reinvented as vehicles of protest and earnest appeal. Resistance in clay: Ceramic artists speak out against Trump, war and more in 'We the People' 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

Perhaps that explains all the earnest efforts to try. Hi Democrat, I’m a Republican, let’s not hate each other: The quixotic movement to get opposing voters to talk 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

She once suggested that the members of the state legislature should be awarded a prize “for their earnest and efficient work in not passing all the bills that were brought to them to pass.” At the March for Our Lives, you’ll see her name again. But who was Marjory Stoneman Douglas? 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

The CPC is just such a group, and its members have an intriguing mix of qualities: they’re friendly, intelligent, brazen, pretentious, earnest, nutty and sometimes drunk. Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z

But Omotoso keeps Giannis’s plucky vigor front and center, and directs the film with a warm, earnest wholesomeness that perfectly suits the disposition of its charismatic subject. ‘Rise’ Review: To Be Giannis 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

The second period, spanning five decades, was more earnest, taken up primarily with delineating the fragile bonds between callous men and wounded women and the bitter contests between women. Fay Weldon, British Novelist Who Challenged Feminist Orthodoxy, Dies at 91 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

The picture is earnest and at times quietly moving. Review: 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' Favors Technology Over Faces 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

It’s a funny bit, too, but funny for a more cautious, earnest time that prefers its problematic comedy more clearly underlined and bracketed. Review: ‘History of the World’ Repeats, as Farce 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

That’s one reason that bands like Jimmy Eat World — a pioneer of emo’s earnest, churning confessionals and self-help manifestoes — hate the term. Music Review: Growing Older With Less Empathy 2010-10-15T22:59:00Z

A nagging question does arise, though: Is winning a vicious competition — albeit with earnest perseverance — really the best way to show how damaging vicious competition is? Review: ‘Camp Kappawanna,’ Complete With Insecurities and Bug Spray 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

An earnest, idealistic and self-identified liberal-progressive asked me in class why, in my opinion Rand was so disparaged by philosophers and the mainstream culture at large. Jamaican, gay and Ayn Rand made it OK: My amazing “Atlas Shrugged” love story 2014-04-25T23:00:00Z

He has proved that in his new novel, which is only rarely funny, though still plenty earnest and affecting. Six U.S. soldiers go AWOL in Baghdad to honor a fallen brother 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

His register is earnest and intellectual, but also funny and down-to-earth. An Outsider Takes on Ireland, From Inside a Plastic Bag 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z

But that will change under the leadership of the Met’s new music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, whose influence on repertoire and performances will take shape in earnest beginning next season. Met Opera Orchestra Plans First Tour in Nearly 20 Years 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

In dramatizing the oblivious frivolity at the core of the American command, it takes on some of that frivolity, fluctuating in tone between antic comedy and earnest realism, and achieving neither with any uninhibited precision. Brad Pitt’s “War Machine” Stays on the Surface of American Politics 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Shortly after the fellowship was discontinued, I returned to Google in earnest, trying to understand what had happened. My Strange Literary Fellowship 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z

In fact, the article was written in earnest by Sunil Dutta, a professor at Colorado Tech University and police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. There is so much wrong with this cop’s victim-blaming screed 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Chbosky, a native of Pittsburgh, began writing the slim novel in college and returned to it in earnest at 26, when he finally moved out of his parents’ house. Arts & Leisure: Emma Watson?s Personal Journey to the Suburbs From Hogwarts 2011-10-05T12:00:00Z

Still, “The Valet” is an earnest crowd pleaser that unabashedly celebrates the bonds of a Latino family in a tight-knit neighborhood with rom-com aplomb. ‘The Valet’ Review: A Crowd Pleasing Buddy Comedy 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

Stationed at a military hospital in Medford, Ore., Jack is shy, earnest and self-deprecating. Review | Ken Ludwig’s ‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’ is an affecting love letter to unlikely romance 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Over the next couple of years the idea grew more earnest, and Aucoin and Winokur began to invite some of their favorite colleagues from the worlds of music and dance to join. Opera’s ‘Island of Misfit Toys’ Takes Its Biggest Stage Yet 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

I spend many hours in earnest philosophical debate with myself involving what-if scenarios and such. Perspective | Why you shouldn’t go toe-to-toe with a sports columnist 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

Olivieri brings a whip smart, femme fatale presence to this earnest film. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z

After obeying the second part of that message, I can’t quite agree with the first, which I doubt was meant entirely in earnest. | 'Submarine': Coming of Age, and Then to Terms 2011-06-02T21:46:17Z

Dozens of readers chimed in, with feedback that was overwhelmingly earnest and informed. Jazz Records Reissued, Thanks to Readers of The Times 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

In this earnest, buoyant series, a young boy named Craig has adventures in his suburban neighborhood, exploring and going on quests in the local creek along with his two best friends. From ‘Proud Family’ to ‘The Boondocks’: 11 Black Animated Series 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z

Nor did I assimilate with any of the clown cliques — the jock clowns with their acrobatics, the pothead clowns, the earnest ones who formed study groups. I flunked out of clown school 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

That remains something of a mystery — as do so many elusive elements of the past, despite the earnest attempts of an intelligent, analytical person like Kelly, to order and understand them. Review: 'Dying City' illustrates the elusive nature of closure after soldier's death 2010-03-25T21:47:00Z

Several earnest, potted conversations take place about whether Stephen believes in God, as his wife does. In ‘The Theory of Everything,’ Stephen Hawking’s Home Life 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

It’s very “LA” – earnest but uplifting, with lots of chat about finding your inner light – but Cyrus is a human sunbeam. From Arnold Schwarzenegger to Naomi Campbell: the best of celebrity quaran-TV 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

She stayed on to sing an elegy of her own, “For Will,” which was too palpably earnest for the setting. Music Review: Noah Preminger at the Jazz Standard 2013-05-22T20:44:54Z

As the war ended, and lawns took over American backyards, those earnest posters of cheery home gardeners and fierce-looking vegetables became a relic of wartime scarcity — until a few weeks ago. Food Supply Anxiety Brings Back Victory Gardens 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

It may be that she plays against type because she is uncomfortable with the deadly earnest role of trailblazer. The TV Watch: Tina Fey Signs Off ‘30 Rock,’ Broken Barriers Behind Her 2013-01-30T23:11:52Z

"It certainly helps when someone like Caroline Kennedy, who has an earnest and genuine interest in poetry, puts together these anthologies." Caroline Kennedy returns to poetry for 10th book 2013-03-31T14:41:14Z

Photograph: Allstar The great outdoor viewing season begins in earnest this week, so picnic blankets and brollies at the ready. This week's new film events 2012-08-10T23:05:24Z

It’s the earnest, issues-oriented Canadian teen soap you’ve always loved — a bonkers amount of drama for any one school, and yet an incredible amount of empathy, loyalty and ethical decision-making, too. What to Watch This Week: Smart, Non-Violent TV 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

Her humor, her way of switching from earnest to demonic to worried has the flavor of vintage Bausch; at their best, those performances teetered dexterously on the edge of reality and fantasy. Review: A Pina Bausch Trip to Brazil Overstays Its Welcome 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

A few blocks away at Playwrights Horizons is "Familiar," a culture-clash comedy that follows a Zimbabwean American family in the days leading to the wedding of a perfectionist daughter to an earnest white man. 'Walking Dead' star Danai Gurira also breaks out in the New York theater community with two plays 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

Attractive and earnest, they exist blissfully in that stage of coupledom in which both parties still actually want to do things together. Urban Athlete: Boot Camp at the West Side Y.M.C.A. 2010-08-12T20:18:00Z

But admirers perceive a more earnest intention underpinning Ms. Eilish’s over-the-top appeal. Billie Eilish: Gen Z’s Outrageous Fashion Role Model 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Fleabag segues with canny purposefulness among earnest wistfulness and dismissive flippancy, scorching pain and echoing, hollow silence, giving equal weight to each. Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Gives New York a Fabulous ‘Fleabag’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

He’s young and looks younger at the start, when Charley seems so innocent and earnest that you fear for his ability to survive in the world. ‘Lean On Pete’ Review: A Boy, a Horse, a Bond 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

We'd awakened early, before the clamor of the city's weekend had begun in earnest. Why there's no better comfort food than bread and butter 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

The film’s makers had created a deeply earnest picture aimed less at tastemakers than at people in the middle: sports fans, families, churchgoers and do-gooders. 2010-02-06T05:37:00Z

An earnest plea for donations would appear on the ADF website: “The threat to Barronelle’s religious freedom is a threat to your religious freedom.” Inside the Christian legal powerhouse that keeps winning at the Supreme Court 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

Aged 35 she won an award for her first play "Womberang" and began her writing career in earnest. Sue Townsend, British author of 'Adrian Mole' books, dies 2014-04-11T09:55:09Z

“If someone wants to have an earnest conversation, I’ll engage, but I will not initiate,” he says. The weather used to be good for small talk. Now it’s dead serious. 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z

I have this fear that I’m going to sound too earnest or something, and I always want to remind people that I just am a dumb comedian. Mae Martin Embraces Ambiguity in ‘Feel Good,’ and in Life 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

Young theatergoers, however, don’t have to have read Dickens to enjoy this earnest and often evocative family show. Review: ‘Young Charles Dickens’ Musically Mixes Fact and Fiction 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

In one of the more illuminating letters quoted in “The Untold Story,” Eliot explains his reasons for rejecting the “sound, earnest and educated verse” of a manuscript that the house was considering. The Unlikely History of Faber & Faber 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

It was a good 24 hours before I felt able to start exploring in earnest. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one

At the time he struck me as a solid and earnest but not especially compelling musician. Music Review: Cleveland Orchestra Performs Berg?s ?Lulu? Suite 2010-05-23T21:25:00Z

In all cases, his reasoning is cogent, his research impressive and his answers set in earnest dialogue with the historical record. Tackling the Enduring Mysteries of Dante’s Life 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z

The events, which are free, have an ambience that’s less date night than earnest dorm-room bull session, though actual dancing did break out at one recent event, held at a Polish bar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Secret Science Club, Nerd Nite and Other Barroom Education 2012-01-05T18:20:29Z

The multiplicity of styles — from cartoonish humor to earnest sentimentality to cutting satire, with much music woven into the blend — forms an unstable mixture that challenges director and actors alike. Theater Review: ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle,’ at Classic Stage Company 2013-05-31T02:00:01Z

It’s also a summer excursion into Central Park, where Mr. Greaves leads an earnest, mostly white crew and cast through rehearsals, test shots and open-ended meetings on what exactly they’re up to. ‘Tell It Like It Is,’ a Chapter of New York From 1968 to ’86 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

After graduating in 2003, she went to work in earnest, playing another manic pixie dream girl in Garden State, and then a stripper in the film adaptation of Patrick Marber’s play Closer. Natalie Portman on Israel, Hollywood sexism and ‘being the boss’ 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z

In person, he is quizzical, courteous, excited by tiny details, quick to share a self-deprecating anecdote and earnest about the craft of writing. Using Fiction to Summon the Glittering, Golden Age of Hollywood 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z

Each artist played a short set, and the show closed with an earnest group sing-along to Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.” Postscript: Sharon Jones, 1956-2016 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z

All this science stuff sounds high-minded and earnest, doesn’t it? Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z

The visual and verbal gags still come fast, but now they’re in the context of a more earnest and straightforward style of storytelling. Review: Matt Groening Enters the Netflix Age With ‘Disenchantment’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

The story catches an earnest chef in decline, thanks to commercial pressures. Yummy memories from the movies 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

The Times critic Jennifer Szalai called the book “candid and self-aware, undergirded by Ellsworth’s earnest efforts to get at this history, and to get it right.” New in Paperback: ‘Oh William!’ and ‘The Great Mistake’ 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

The earnest effort and secret practice that would have gone into perfecting that formation. Perspective | The queen’s funeral doesn’t have to be about the queen 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

Other Van Peebleses also populate the movie, and all are serviceable enough as actors; it would be nice to see them in less earnest, more original material. Movie Review: ?We the Party,? Directed by Mario Van Peebles 2012-04-06T00:32:21Z

As a folk singer-songwriter, he has proved that a sharp sense of humor can make for verses more durable than earnest self-examination. Albums From Banks, Lee Brice and Matthew Shipp 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

It also illustrates what’s best about this earnest and absorbing dramatization of America’s bloodiest war: It reminds us that the terrible statistics of slaughter consisted of individuals, men with homes, histories, sweethearts, families. Theater Review: ‘The Civil War,’ From Theatreworks USA, at Lucille Lortel 2013-07-21T22:12:08Z

Relevance, though, often covers a multitude of aesthetic faults — the soporific dullness of being earnest, relentless sentimentality or even a covert didacticism, typically stressing the myriad derelictions to which human beings are all prey. Review | Oh, the places you’ll want to go! Two new books offer the most magical of escapes 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

The whole thing is wrapped in the kind of earnest prose of a particularly unsuccessful online dating profile; some sentences, small sketches in surrender and apology, read like calls for mercy before an inevitable execution. Wall Street should hate itself 2012-11-13T22:02:00Z

Most of them take for granted a high degree of candor in erotic matters, and in their low-key, earnest way they seem to communicate pretty well. | 'Autoerotic': When Sex Is Loneliness Multiplied 2011-07-21T21:47:40Z

Any woman could play the dowdy outcast at a bridal shower, but Ms. Stone turned that character into the rasping, earnest misfit Wallis, holding her own in the sketch opposite Kristen Wiig. Television: Anna Faris and Other Female Hosts on ?Saturday Night Live? 2012-02-26T03:04:12Z

That was a stretch of earnest solidarity in mainstream pop, when social consciousness and good intentions fired up hit songs and loyal audiences. Music Review: ‘Bringing Human Rights Home’ at Barclays Center 2014-02-06T23:46:07Z

“Ruby,” released this year, shows that she hasn’t changed her formula much; her raspy, mischievous singing and earnest songwriting still bear charms. New Year’s Eve: A Guide to Music and Comedy Events 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

This big change is alluded to many times but never addressed in earnest; indeed, the show can’t make up its mind about which side of the revolution its characters are on. Ad absurdum and the conquest of cool: Canned flattery for corporate America 2013-12-22T12:00:00Z

"It's not enough, though. 'Aloha' either needed more focus or more time to say what it wanted to say. But perhaps this is the earnest failure Crowe needs to get back in gear." 'Aloha': Cameron Crowe rom-com gets cold greeting from critics 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

He and Jackson might seem implausible buddies – the motor-mouthed extrovert and the soft-spoken recluse – but encountering the off-screen Tucker – earnest to the point of childlike – it makes sense. Chris Tucker: 'I got my first big laugh and kept going' 2012-11-15T23:52:48Z

"Hairspray," an endearing and jubilant ode to the 1960s, has, in addition to its spirited music, an earnest message about our country's difficult path to integration. SMT's 'Hairspray' is a doo-wop romp 2011-12-05T22:56:03Z

By minute 10 of the 50-minute lesson, sweat pours down the dancers' faces - and that's before the sambaing actually gets going in earnest. Rio teacher out to prove 'gringos' can samba, too 2013-02-12T13:06:16Z

In the 1980s, the group was earnest and expansive, creating a chiming, marching, larger-than-life rock sound that countless bands would emulate. U2 Revisits Its Past, in the Name of … What, Exactly? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

“I have a lot of female hostility,” she said Wednesday, pivoting from earnest to glib. Kathy Griffin’s Wild Show: Defiant, Shaken, Then Fainting 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

In July 2004, Chris became the fourth member of the Invite Hall of Fame with his 500th printed entry, even though he hadn’t started entering in earnest till 2000, our eighth year. Style Invitational Week 1271: Yodel his praises 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

She went on to describe Maude’s tweets as “earnest yet highly sophisticated, childlike yet totally aware and wry.” Maude Apatow Is Growing Up Writing 2012-08-24T22:19:51Z

Mr. Kahane’s smoky, earnest baritone suited both the words and their setting, and the string quartet Brooklyn Rider was strikingly alert to matters of nuance and mood. Music Review: Gabriel Kahane at Zankel Hall 2012-10-28T21:31:37Z

Venetians have not been able to resolve a conflict that began in earnest just over 100 years ago, between modernity and the demands of the city’s principal source of revenue. Travails of a modern city 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

Here we see graceful, wonderfully solid nudes; sheets of grotesques and caricatures; and frequent studies of Hopper’s own earnest face and his hands. Art Review: ‘Hopper Drawing,’ at the Whitney Museum 2013-06-06T21:44:48Z

When artists, who are supposed to speak freely, are afraid to be earnest and do beauty and sincerity, you've got a serious problem on your hands. 12 Questions With Patty Jenkins, Director of Wonder Woman 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Will Ferrell is doing a variation on his tried-and-true film persona: the overly earnest guy who's totally confident and oblivious to his buffoonery. 'The Other Guys': Ferrell and Wahlberg's shot at buddy-cop genre works 2010-08-05T18:13:00Z

Sharing members and an unabashedly earnest approach to their music, Drew Grow and the Head and the Heart emerged as the most promising new talent at the festival, if not the entire Northwest. Review: Doe Bay Music Festival lives up to its reputation as one of the best of its kind in the Northwest 2010-08-16T21:40:00Z

Renowned in recent years as a key launchpad for heavyweight Oscar contenders, the 74th Venice film festival has unveiled a lineup heavy on potential award-season frontrunners, as films start to jockey for position in earnest. George Clooney, Jennifer Lawrence and Matt Damon jostle for Oscar advantage in Venice line-up 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

In this case, obviously, the result was positive to all but the poor “La La Land” producers, with their earnest and spouse-approved speeches already delivered. Did the Oscars Just Prove That We Are Living in a Computer Simulation? 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

Mr. Costanzo gave an earnest account of “Somewhere” from “West Side Story.” Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

A big heart and a blunt plot run through “Shine,” a movie whose story is there mostly just to usher in a dance sequence or an earnest speech. Review: ‘Shine’ Puts the Focus on Salsa Dancing in Spanish Harlem 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

“Nat Turner in Jerusalem” is perhaps best regarded as an earnest, gravely lyrical gloss on a document that will surely always evoke passionate and widely different responses. Review: ‘Nat Turner in Jerusalem,’ an Avatar of Divine Vengeance 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

This is a cultural deficit we must claw our way out of; just follow the earnest light of “Find Me in Paris.” How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

They went their separate ways briefly, but returned to San Francisco in 1961 and began pranking in earnest. Mal Sharpe, Groundbreaker in Street-Level Pranking, Dies at 83 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

Her account of how that played out — it’s no spoiler to say, how poorly that played out — is earnest, exhaustive and excruciating. Deborah Birx’s Excruciating Story of Donald Trump’s Covid Response 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

These books range from earnest and searching to satirical; exactly where they fall on this spectrum is often determined by the protagonist’s personality defects. Two Début Novels Explore How to Be Good 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

Charles is famous, and he has an earnest media image as a man of issues. Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z

And despite the talk of “creative direction,” I would submit that Rebeck delivered exactly the show the pilot implied: big, broad, kind of corny and unapologetically earnest. Smash Gets an Encore. Its Creator Doesn?t. Can the Show Change Its Tune? 2012-03-23T13:47:28Z

It needed telling, the time for earnest hairy blokes indulging in ten minute guitars solos was over, The Pistols helped define the teenage nihilism of today and the message is almost more relevant now. Readers' panel: Sex Pistols 2012-06-01T10:32:26Z

“Barneys has the highest expert score of any company he’s looked at,” Perry said in earnest. Barneys Remakes Itself for the New New York 2012-12-13T15:14:47Z

“I’m afraid I’m going crazy,” Raúl tells his mother over the phone, when he rallies in earnest to pay off the twins’ debt, working long hours and skimping on food. ‘The Far Away Brothers’ Breathes Vivid Life Into Immigration Issues 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

Shopping got underway in earnest on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and continued through the following Cyber Monday online rush. Stores entice shoppers with longer hours, lower prices 2011-12-23T12:51:00Z

No summary can do justice to how mind-bending and bizarre – and yet compellingly in earnest – this comic is. Grant Morrison, The Invisibles and the comics that put novels in the shade 2010-12-19T22:30:01Z

An earnest, friendly lad, Aldous is worried about global warming and wants to work on solar energy — particularly artificial photosynthesis — and he tries to get the cynical and misanthropic Beard to share his concern. Books of The Times: Ian McEwan?s ?Solar? Features a Boorish Physicist 2010-03-29T21:45:00Z

Their friendship takes shape with swift impulsivity: Mel, dryly funny and finely wired, is the natural leader, while Sharon, through whose perspective the story is told, retains a kind of earnest credulity. Review | Can a friendship between two cartoonists survive their own success? 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

He sings in a false British accent with a thin and earnest voice, and values an exact rhyme over fresh language, as if he wants to sound like a high-school poet. Critics? Choice: New Cds: The Droll, Buzzing Grandpas of Rap 2011-05-02T19:51:31Z

But while Mat Smart’s historical drama is an earnest attempt to illuminate an extraordinary — and sometimes contentious — friendship, the play struggles to move beyond a few biographical markers that it emphasizes, again and again. Two heroes of 19th-century America seek justice. They get none in ‘The Agitators.’ 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

They can be wry and plainspoken, like the waltzing tall tale “Easter Eve,” or earnest and overreaching, like the attempted workingman’s parable “The West End.” Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z

Part of its original humor was always to do with its apparent satire of the more earnest modern-dance scene of 53 years ago. Dance Review: A Golden Age Continues Without Its Midas 2011-03-23T22:27:34Z

The earnest, emphatic Max is president of everything from the debate team to the beekeeping society. Rushmore: No 8 2010-10-18T10:46:00Z

Sony seems to desperately want a fresh perspective on the new movie, but incapable of getting production started in earnest. Can 'Ghostbusters' Use The Marvel Franchising Model? 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

The most incensed he gets is in an earnest paragraph about Hillary Clinton and her “negligence of Wisconsin,” in which any bile could pass as indigestion. How Conservatives Bet Big on Wisconsin and Won 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

I was surprised by Don Pedro’s earnest appreciation: the closest translation of his words was, “We love tourists here.” Explorer: Guatemala, Trekking in the Highlands 2011-03-25T18:55:16Z

The opera had musical polish but was dramaturgically adrift, so earnest in its attempt to create political satire that it struggled to be actually funny. Opera as lively art — or not-so-lively 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

She agreed, and then expressed the most earnest expectant-motherly sentiment I had heard from her: “I’m ecstatic and furious,” she wrote, then: “And pleased and peaceful and manic and hopeless and so hopeful it’s crazy.” Amy Schumer Doesn’t Care What You Think (That Much) 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

What we long for are moments in which the couple’s personalities collide: hers earnest and practical, his airy and arch. Review: ‘About Alice’ Brings a Husband’s Eulogy to Life 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

“Magic in the Moonlight” is a disbeliever’s earnest plea to believe. Review: Allen casts a limp spell in ‘Magic’ 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

To its earnest parenting, its destabilizing cast changes, its long seasons. ‘Madam Secretary’ Proved TV Didn’t Have to Be Hip to be Great 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

In the earnest though narratively clumsy HBO documentary “Revolution Rent,” a director unpacks the relevance of this joyously defiant show when it’s translated to a different language, culture and political landscape. ‘Revolution Rent’ Review: Taking the Show South 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

His Chekov was a more comic role, his relative youth and vulnerability being ratcheted up, saucer-eyed with earnest self-importance as he relayed vital information to Kirk or Spock on the bridge. Anton Yelchin: actor of cherubic charm who inspired huge affection | Peter Bradshaw 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z

Her dream is to be a real-life Viking hero, and she pursues this goal in earnest. A Different Kind of Heroine, and Not Just Because She Wants to Be a Viking 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

It’s likely to be one in this country, too, where in the land of bestsellerdom, earnest lardiness counts for a lot. Joel Dicker’s ‘Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair’: High emotion in much-hyped thriller

About two months ago, Black was in a bookstore when he saw an earnest, inspirational children’s book about Hillary Clinton. Michael Ian Black says his Trump kids’ book was inspired by Hillary Clinton 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

As a warning, the majority of scenes showcasing human beings peeling apart don’t kick off in earnest until the third installment. Smart Watch: Netflix's "Dead to Me" goes down easy, if you don't think about it too much 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z

I’ve only started to go to see live classical music in earnest in the past three or four years. Love Classical Music? Anthony Tommasini Recommends Contemporary Composers 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

She's earnest and hopeful while still having one foot grounded in the reality of her life, which hasn't been easy. Cindy Williams, a role model for working class girls 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z

The earnest but terribly ham-fisted drama "Burning Blue" is set mostly in the 1990s, during the days of the U.S. military policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." 'Burning Blue' treats 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' era awkwardly 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

What strikes you most about Binoche in person -- after you get used to sitting in the same living room with Juliette Binoche, that is -- is how sincere and earnest, even how vulnerable, she is. Juliette Binoche on her new Tuscan-seductress role 2011-03-12T22:01:00Z

Childress brings acid humor and earnest conviction to the latter pursuit, as well as the insights and the fury of someone who once cherished the idea of a life spent on campus. The Professor and the Adjunct 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

The operatic revival began in earnest with Deng Xiaoping’s great thaw. China's First Lady of Opera 2010-03-04T16:16:00Z

Welcoming all earnest attempts at perfect bedazzlement, and embracing, with fanfare, the effort’s futility, Ms. Minter insists only on taking the risk. Lush Morsels From an Artist’s Erotic Imagination 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

When he joined Mr. Obama’s quixotic campaign, he was an easy fit among the earnest, grass-roots crowd. Kal Penn Returns to Movies From the White House 2011-11-11T20:42:49Z

There was also an outpouring of art, like Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising,” Neil Young’s “Let’s Roll” and Anne Nelson’s earnest play “The Guys.” The 9/11 Decade: Outdone by Reality 2011-09-01T16:55:45Z

Too much of Cooper’s film becomes painfully earnest. “A Star Is Born,” fails to thrive: Bradley Cooper’s vanity project is more corny than compe... 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

The parties in charge are earnest in their conversations. Critic’s Notebook: Norman Foster’s Public Library Will Need Structural Magic 2013-01-29T23:35:04Z

“White Noise” is a frequently funny movie that is also utterly in earnest. ‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

I occasionally wished “Too Bright to See” was in something other than the earnest first-person present tense that so litters contemporary books for children, but this is a small cavil. This Coming-of-Age Novel Features a Girl on the Cusp of Manhood 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

But “Closet Monster” is firmly its own thing — an earnest, lived-in portrait of the very real stigmas and fears of being a queer kid, and the kinds of adolescent insecurities that manifest as a result. ‘The Beta Test,’ ‘Closet Monster’ and More Streaming Gems 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

The National Trust may take it over: earnest Nicholas le Prevost is utterly persuasive as a Trust representative, giddy with pleasure at decaying delights, which include chamber pots full of ancient celebrity wee. People; Uncle Vanya; Uncle Vanya – review 2012-11-11T00:06:04Z

And yet it’s also a movie that confidently embraces its own power to reach earnest, homespun truths through, above all, the authentic dedication of its actors to the warm spirit of the comedy. Review: Taraji P. Henson Redeems “What Men Want” 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

But even the music, intense and earnest, began to totter after a while under its own aspirations to greatness. American Music Festival at National Gallery opens with subdued concert 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

Unlike the recent K-pop wave, in which Western fans were intrigued by its earnest, upbeat weirdness, Babymetal arrived fully aware of its conceit. Babymetal shreds heavy-metal's seriousness at the Fonda 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

The show derives a lot of its humor from Kaz’s earnest attempts to belong, which occasion some reasonably subtle mockery of the city’s social stratification and of a certain strain of tragic millennial mopiness. Review: An Anime New York in Netflix’s ‘Neo Yokio’ 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

It is fiercely earnest and intense, with even less of the playful quirkiness that serves as comic relief on many a CBS procedural. Television Review: On the Scent of Psychopaths: Penetrating the Criminal Mind 2011-02-15T22:51:38Z

The story of Kate, an earnest social crusader in 2012 who believes in organic food, doulas and not allowing her toddler daughter to wear pink, is also delivered with humour and panache. The Engagements by J Courtney Sullivan – review 2013-07-20T13:00:06Z

But if we are going to pick over the RTD era, it did get incredibly earnest at times. Who he? 2010-03-31T11:46:00Z

This International City Theatre production still has the romance, but it does hit the feminist note with earnest conviction. The 99-seat beat: Carl Weathers, hidden figures and political warfare hit L.A.'s small theaters 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

The most startling picture in the body of work is “Bowl of Flowers with Insects,” which is probably Saul’s sweetest, most earnest still life. Peter Saul Doesn’t Want Any Advice 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

The film’s producer, Stanley Kramer, that most earnest of Hollywood liberals, never oversaw anything comparable to this extravagant Technicolor vision of a tyrannical piano teacher’s quest for world domination. In ‘The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T,’ Practice Makes Pandemonium 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

Still, with literary sheen and earnest significance that dwarf the grass-blade-worth of story, “In the Middle of the Fields” won’t appeal to everyone. Review | The park setting of ‘In the Middle of the Fields’ is compelling but can’t make up for the sliver of a plot 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

Whether he’s in earnest or lying to stay safe is unclear. ‘Judas’ Is the Latest Political Movie to Punt on Politics 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z

Cinematic and funky, the album has some misses yet an earnest spirit throughout. Pop & Rock Listings for June 19-25 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Like its star—Sean Penn, who here does a lot of muscular brooding—the show promises solemn rumination, and more often achieves an earnest heaviosity. “The First,” Reviewed: Sean Penn’s Mission to Mars Is Futurism with a Nostalgic Bent 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Her reputation for clumsiness is based on a combination of earnest attempts to help and frequent daydreams into fantasy adventure sparked by guileless wonder at the world around her. 'Ramona and Beezus': Sisters come to life in sunny series of escapades 2010-07-22T21:44:00Z

“These save the dates are a symbolic demonstration that we are all the same,” Ginsberg says in one fleeting, earnest moment. Jesse Tyler Ferguson is flooding the Supreme Court with gay wedding save-the-dates 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

The book doesn’t begin in earnest until its midpoint, when the self-conscious Allen makes way for letters Michael wrote from behind bars. A Lamentation for a Life Cut Short 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

Though he’s clearly winning over votes with his earnest wish to better his ballroom. 'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Movie Night and the end for Couture 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

A similar item is a staple of earnest vegetarian restaurants, where it typically tastes like a paper-towel tube packed with pulverized drywall moistened with Morrissey’s tears. Restaurant Review: Superiority Burger in the East Village 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z

This is a sturdy science-fiction trope, but in these films there’s no science: no teams of earnest, frazzled-looking men and women working around the clock to avert disaster, no desperate missions. ‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World’ and Other Apocalyptic Movies 2012-06-15T18:30:00Z

“I want to write things that will be a relief from the earnest torment of typical Y.A. literature,” he said at a diner next door to P.S. What is Paul Rudnick Doing Writing Young Adult Fiction? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z

Each appearance by the tender, earnest tenor Paul Appleby felt too brief. Review: The Philharmonic’s ‘Passion’ Is a Surprising Achievement 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

That note of satirical self-awareness pops up now and then in what’s otherwise an earnest genre jambalaya: a medical-supernatural-conspiracy shoot ’em up. Review: In ‘The Passage,’ the Bloodsuckers Are Vampire-Adjacent 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z

That is to say, each over-the-top Broadway-style banger feels earnest, awkward, clumsy, and a tad self-serving. The "Transparent Musicale Finale" is a fitting eulogy for a wacky, messy series 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

"I do my best work when I'm just opposite one of these guys and I play it very straight, very earnest, and let the comedy come from that." “We can't stop”: Dave Franco and Alison Brie make working with your spouse look easy 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z

But the dialogue is offhand and flippant, not really earnest yet not really comic — it’s like a first draft. Review | Little wonder in Synetic Theater’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

It’s hard to say beyond the fact that people talk quite a lot at him and he is unfailingly earnest and polite in return. Sondheim’s ‘Follies’ Is Back, at Once Bleak and Beautiful 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

An earnest belief that a better world will only be reached after several thousand hours of angry dissent over absolutely every linguistic transgression ever made? Django Unchained, Djack Whitehall and Djames Delingpole 2013-01-13T20:00:00Z

The prosecution was headed by Steele, a tall career prosecutor with neatly parted gray hair and a halting, though earnest, speaking style that prompted some in the audience to count how many “ums” he uttered. Bill Cosby convicted on three counts of sexual assault 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

She dispatched flitting trills with sobriety and care, and played earnest melodic lines with powerful, sweeping strokes. Music Review: Orchestra and Violin, Matching Wits 2011-04-01T22:59:41Z

The Guardian cited "sincerity and commitment, and an earnest rejection of the horror of war" but criticised "sentimentality is at its core". France's Godard at 83 screens a 3D 'Adieu' at Cannes 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

In addition to an effort to acquire gifts of art — "50 masterpieces for 50 years" is the working tag line — fundraising for the new building will begin in earnest. Plans for a new LACMA seem to be aligning, but first some questions 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

The actors — all members of ACT’s MFA class — are earnest, but their performances lack chemistry and depth. Review: ‘In Love and Warcraft’ Serves Romance for Noobs 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

It's more like there's so much inherent humor in this story already that let's just play it as earnest and as straight as possible, and just let the humor come from that. Dave Franco shares your Airbnb anxieties in new horror flick "The Rental," starring wife Alison Brie 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

If the 1988 production is regarded as an apogee of camp, this Off Broadway revival is toned down — way down — and earnest in its portrayals of emotional extremes. Arts & Leisure: ?Carrie,? a Huge Stage Flop, Is Reinvented by MCC Theater 2012-02-02T13:00:00Z

If Cards Against Humanity represented modern card games at their edgiest, this new wave represents card games at their most earnest. A wave of super-earnest card games want you to bare your soul on game night 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

“Noah,” Mr. Aronofsky’s earnest, uneven, intermittently powerful film, is both a psychological case study and a parable of hubris and humility. Movie Review: Russell Crowe Confronts Life’s Nasty Weather in ‘Noah’ 2014-03-27T18:05:40Z

He saw himself as this warrior poet and writes these earnest, dark-feeling songs. Chris McKay Narrates a Scene From ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

The actor took an earnest path at the podium, thanking, among others, "Teachers in small town New Mexico, when sports were the only option, you showed creativity has a place in the world." 'Gentleman's Guide' kills at Tony Awards, claims four 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Frey sang this song, and his voice fit the mood, and the Eagles’ mood, perfectly: direct, clear, smooth, earnest, easy. Glenn Frey and That Peaceful, Queasy Feeling 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

Befitting the target audience, it is not overly earnest. An Online Generation Redefines Mourning 2014-03-21T21:07:21Z

Both sets included Mr. Batiste’s jubilant take on “If You’re Happy and You Know It” — ammunition for any killjoys inclined to distrust the earnest, infantilizing aspects of his style. Jon Batiste Will Lead ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Band in a Style He Sees Fit 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z

I sent her photos and earnest money in the amount of $250. Perspective | Ask Amy: Nude portrait won’t go on tour 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z

It gets going in earnest on Saturday night with the twinkling Torchlight Parade. Weekend preview: Seafair, Block Party, Bellevue arts & more 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

"Trying" makes no attempt at misdirection: We know all along that the earnest amanuensis will soften the crusty old man. 'Trying' and succeeding: International City revival soars 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

He has moved the action backward in time and dramatically expanded its scope, replacing modesty, irony and charm with earnest, sometimes overstrained ambition. ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Review: Edward Norton Fights the Power Broker 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

Dowdy, overweight, earnest Grace, a doctoral student in Women's Studies, is summoned by her retired B-movie siren of a great-aunt to spend a transformative summer as her companion in great-auntie's spectacular Pebble Beach mansion. Summer reading: Sizzling romance and more 2012-06-15T17:13:51Z

To the literary biographer, binges and benders are a godsend – a chance to recount lurid anecdotes under the guise of earnest psychoanalytic enquiry. Why do writers drink? 2013-07-20T07:00:14Z

He doesn't drink beer and with his friends he talks earnest politics, mind-melting physics and extreme metaphysics. Back to the Hugos: The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin 2011-03-29T08:59:41Z

She laughed slightly at the scope of the statement, but she was deadly earnest. A Canadian Museum Promotes Indigenous Art. But Don’t Call It ‘Indian.’ 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

In South Korea, the question also began in earnest — but quickly turned critical. How the bestseller 'The Vegetarian,' translated from Han Kang's original, caused an uproar in South Korea 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

A portrait of Ngatane's younger brother shows him an earnest and hopeful student; but a stylised version in violent colours locates him in some Van Gogh or Munch nightmare. The Hogarth of Soweto: Ephraim Ngatane 2010-03-19T14:11:00Z

As the story begins in earnest, he has turned up in London, determined to make a new start and reclaim his culinary stature. Review: ‘Burnt,’ With Bradley Cooper as a Chef Fresh From Rehab 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

It sprinkles some glittery celebrity cameos among the scenes of earnest striving and ornaments Mark Isham’s emotive score with even more emotive songs, culminating with a second a cappella rendition of “Blackbird.” ‘Beyond the Lights,’ a Diva’s Romance 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

The next day, Halpern sent a note to the protesters offering a broad and earnest apology for the institution’s “failings.” Chicago Improv Was Dead. Can New Leaders Revive It? 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z

When I began to work on my cathedral novel in earnest, it became clear that something was missing. My brush with the Holy Grail 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z

That was an earnest effort to honor the work that veterans have done. Claire Danes Could Really Use a Nap 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

He’s a forgetful goofball sometimes, but he’s also an earnest, kind and thoughtful friend. Brews, baby seals and ‘Big Little Lies’: How an epic Highway 1 road trip brought three guys closer together 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

The idea was to create a concentrated narrative focused on the twinlike siblings and what Agathe calls, at once in jest and in earnest, “the last possible love story.” ‘The Man Without Qualities’ Acquires a New Volume 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

She doesn’t do much for courtroom suspense, and neither does the irresistible Mr. Brown, a world-class scene-stealer whose quavering voice and pleadingly earnest eyes make the strongest case by far. Review: In ‘Marshall,’ a Legal Pioneer Gives History a Shove 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

The book was commissioned, and I began my research in earnest. Guardian book club: Kate Summerscale on The Suspicions of Mr Whicher 2013-01-11T20:00:11Z

Sounds well-intentioned, and that is the effect of this show: earnest and a little didactic. Step Afrika’s ‘Green is the New Black’ lights up the stage

She began writing fiction in earnest while married to Paul Carter, though she did not feel supported by him. A Warm Biography of the Fantastical, Feminist Angela Carter 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

At the center of it all is the earnest young doctor played by Claybourne Elder, a performer with a captivating voice and a handsome innocence. Revivals turn 2 problem-child musicals into something special 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

The mail bloats with fat stacks of earnest entreaties, mass and handwritten. One week in the life of Philadelphia: A death, protests, the pandemic and election mayhem 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

For a moment, he looks almost entirely serious – deadpan bordering on dead earnest – as though we have finally penetrated through to the questions in life that really matter. Larry David: 'I'm cranky' 2010-06-25T23:02:00Z

The result is a fond, earnest, sepia-toned book, the color of old clippings. Carl Bernstein, Looking Back at His Start, Conjures the Newsrooms of the Early 1960s 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

It was a rich and eclectic mix of stars of all wattages on Friday night, as partying got under way in earnest before Sunday's big game. CeeLo, Kyle Bush, others party for Super Bowl 2013-02-02T23:46:04Z

Even the shape of Arabic, spilling out in earnest strokes and zealous dashes and hyperactive dots, filled me with surprising warmth. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

All these earnest sensitivities fade for a time once the story shifts gears, turning the movie into a tight, brutal thriller. ‘The Contractor’ Review: The Pine Identity 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

Both are former “American Idol” contestants, and both are earnest and winsome in this happiest of Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musicals. ‘American Idol’ stars are no match for the tech in ‘Technicolor Dreamcoat’ 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

After Gucci Mane performed a particularly scathing account of their disagreements, “Truth,” to Jeezy’s face, finishing it with further taunting, an argument nearly broke out in earnest as the men repeatedly interrupted one another. Jeezy and Gucci Mane Address 15-Year Beef in Heated Verzuz Livestream 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

It was aiming for funny stupid and mad and anarchic and was profound and sweet and moving and incredibly earnest at the same time. Definitely not Harry Potter anymore: Daniel Radcliffe on “Swiss Army Man”’s absurd bromance, prosthetic butt effects and his desert island albums 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

As the trial begins in earnest, there’s plenty of reason to stay involved and stay focused. Perspective | Senate press restrictions have an ugly goal: Putting distance between the public and Trump’s impeachment trial 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

He was clearly moved, and his performance was earnest, but it also resulted in a backlash that, from perhaps any other perspective in the world, would have been easy to anticipate. Bezos Reaches for a Star 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

Taking the film at face value—the pained, blemished and instantly adorable face of this earnest heroine—it’s a portrait of someone trying desperately to graduate from girlhood into a passable semblance of maturity. ‘Eighth Grade’ Review: The Agonies and Glories of Growing Up 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

“The Heart Is a Shifting Sea” is a sober portrait of middle-class yearning — an earnest inquiry into what it is one might reasonably dream of finding in marriage. Marriage Can Take Many Forms in India 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

The show made an earnest effort to feature young musicians. At the Latin Grammys, Youth and Age Were Both Welcome 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

But, Scott wrote, the movie “conducts its business with brisk, breezy irreverence. It’s a didactic comedy, an earnest lesson in political economy dressed up as a farce.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘The Laundromat’ and ‘Modern Love’ 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

As another New Year begins in earnest, we once again find ourselves inundated with a barrage of messages surrounding food. Top chefs share their advice for cooking better meals at home in 2020 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

They resemble the efforts of an earnest and industrious but not especially imaginative undergraduate painting student. Art In Review: WAYNE KOESTENBAUM, JANE CORRIGAN, JOE FYFE 2012-11-29T20:26:24Z

For some, "Beth/Rest" will be too much: too earnest, too sappy. 'Bon Iver' Review: Justin Vernon's Ambitious New Album 2011-07-05T05:35:00Z

Billy’s dealings with everyone — earnest conversations punctuated by flurries of boyish banter and bursts of intense action — give the movie a pleasantly hectic rhythm, but also thin out its emotions. Review: Oscar-Winner Ang Lee’s Super-High-Definition Take on the Iraq War 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Ms. Plaza chipped away at her sarcastic veneer with the 2012 indie comedy “Safety Not Guaranteed,” in which she is a somewhat earnest writer. Aubrey Plaza Is Dangerously Funny 2013-07-11T17:02:12Z

Much of the art focused on bucolic depictions of American scenery or, as the art historian Francis V. O’Connor wrote, of the “earnest worker and his handsome family” living in “blissful diligence in well-planned communities.” The Virus Won’t Revive F.D.R.’s Arts Jobs Program. Here’s Why. 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

The problem is, Tony Robbins has sold himself so well, and he's so recognizable as a franchise, that it's tough for most people to encounter him as an earnest healer. "Breakthrough With Tony Robbins": Robbins needs a little self-help 2010-07-28T19:40:00Z

The singers were appealing and earnest, but it was hard to disassociate these songs from Mr. Wainwright’s singing of them in his distinctive voice, with its slightly nasal timbre and earthy allure. Critic?s Notebook: City Opera Begins Season With Rufus Wainwright 2011-11-18T21:43:07Z

We kicked off in earnest on Tuesday with a series of robust exchanges: @rehabrobotics wanted to know whether the possibility of technical advances in robotic rehabilitation would influence Tony's wish to die. Tony Nicklinson: 'I have a fear of living like this when I am old and frail' 2012-06-23T21:04:49Z

It's so awful yet so earnest that it's strangely comforting. When Your Movie Is a Hit for All the Wrong Reasons 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

After the 2016 election and the rancor it both introduced and revealed, that earnest notion started to seem almost defiant. Perspective | Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave us more than enough 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z

Padma compliments her in that kind, earnest way that always tells you when Padma is being empathetic and genuine, not putting on airs. "Top Chef: World All Stars" cooks with sugar and spice (and everything rice) 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

The trend began in earnest in the late 1970s and 80s on shows like “Cell Block H” and “Casualty.” Stop killing off TV’s lesbians: This depressing trope limits storytelling about queer women 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

“We’re going to try to pull a Bruce Springsteen, ‘Born in the U.S.A.,’ and just, you know, keep putting out hit singles,” he said, more in earnest than in jest. Kurt Vile, Indie Rock’s Charming Riddle 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

"As a gallimaufry of the funny, technical-scientific and deadly earnest, Red Plenty ranks as one of the strangest books ever written on the Soviet Union . . . an eccentric delight; absorbing, pleasingly digressive and superbly written." Critical eye 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z

Her earnest delivery of such lines and the peek into her interior dialogue elsewhere in the song help “Okay Cupid” feel a lot like a scene from a play. The New Face of Rap: Young, Female and Ready to Blog 2012-05-30T10:45:30Z

That’s hardly the only haunting going on in Sara Fellini’s unwieldy new play, “In Vestments,” in which Isaac Byrne’s high-energy production is by turns earnest and campy, wrenching and visually eloquent. Review: In Sara Fellini’s ‘In Vestments,’ Haunted by More Than Ghosts 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

Brooklyn is lousy with them — earnest young men and women who are dead serious about the craft of writing and whose faith in the fundamental communicability of the mysteries of the creative arts is absolute. Book review: ‘Bomb: The Author Interviews’ doesn’t capture magazine’s signature voice 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

I found myself wishing Wolf Trap would make Passagallo a recurring character, like Borat, appearing on the sidelines of every future opera performance with earnest suggestions and an occasional pirouette. Tastes change, but backstage behavior is as bad as ever 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

“He’s filled with earnest wonder,’’ she said, and he described her as “very intellectual” and often tells her she is a “classic beauty.” Playful Waves at Rockaway Beach 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

With her husband, Jackson Burke, a printer and type designer whom she married in 1955, she began collecting Japanese art in earnest in 1963. Mary Griggs Burke, Collector of Japanese Art, Dies at 96 2012-12-18T07:57:17Z

He began his career in earnest after the war. Jimmy Roselli, Italian-American Singer, Dies at 85 2011-07-10T20:30:58Z

The testimonials were equal parts earnest and joking. Bill Murray Gets a Cubs Win and the Mark Twain Prize 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

The “exclusive” bit is the kind of earnest, hype-y framing that clashes with Colbert’s natural style. Let Colbert be Colbert: Don’t water down “The Late Show” host’s unique strengths 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

She is warm and earnest and sometimes ready to scrap. Andrea Bowers: Her Activism Animates Her Art 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

Marrow Fair’s earnest young adherents deal in products like Chernobyl honey and cheese made by Agrippa, who hasn’t showered in a year and lectures Lois on the symbiotic relationship between humans and microbes. Wit is baked into Robin Sloan’s delicious ‘Sourdough’ 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Like their idols, the teens are romantic and earnest, confused and occasionally pretentious. ‘Shoplifters of the World’ Review: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

When Funko got the go-ahead from both directors, the work began in earnest. Ava DuVernay and Patty Jenkins Get the Funko Pops Treatment 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

And here I think the irony is utterly earnest. What David Foster Wallace got wrong about irony: Our culture doesn’t have nearly enough of it 2014-04-27T15:30:00Z

And so the outreach to French horn players taking classes at Parsons — and others like Sutton all over the country — began in earnest. Challenging the whiteness of American architecture, in the 1960s and today 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

It's disconcerting news given that holiday baking season doesn't really begin in earnest for another month. Wait, you can actually freeze butter? 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z

Though a newcomer — this is not only his Broadway debut but also his first professional gig after graduating from college last May — Spivey gives an earnest, lived-in performance. ‘A Strange Loop’ Review: A Dazzling Ride on a Mental Merry-Go-Round 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

These earnest, impetuous young artists, scrambling to find space and time for rehearsal, may seem familiar to American and other Western audiences. | 'No One Knows About Persian Cats': Indie Rock in Iran in Bahman Ghobadi?s New Work 2010-04-16T01:56:00Z

"In high school, I went to a Chicago concert in earnest," Ferrell said. Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis: Seattle crowd was 'quite a shock' 2012-07-25T21:48:09Z

Ford hatched the idea of making the film in the years following the deaths of his brother and father, but began in earnest only ten years ago. Yance Ford’s Powerful Cinematic Memoir, “Strong Island” 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

The monastic vow of silence is solemn and unforgiving; we linger in a moment of silence to commemorate grim events; we punish each other for transgressions by responding to earnest entreaties with stone-faced silence. The Restorative Pause of Silent Record Week 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

The tenor of the programming was, for me, often too earnest: there’s nothing like yet another speaker weeping into the mic over the miracles cannabis had worked for them to kill your buzz. Cannabis tourism in California – a women’s wellness retreat with puff love 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

By the time you leave, you’ll have enough material for hours of earnest cocktail party debates over the selection. Museums Special Section: In Washington, 100 Examples of the Epitome of Cool 2014-03-19T20:36:17Z

As Franklin, Idris makes every beat in his journey from earnest kid to master of his own hellscape feel like a choice, carefully made, by a mind that's not quite mature yet. FX's Exploration of the Crack Epidemic Falters 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Lenore is also the ultimate near-demonic foil in a story about earnest winners struggling with loss and earnest losers struggling to win. "Hung": A parable for crass times 2010-06-19T23:01:00Z

Only after internalizing the score does he begin to sing in earnest. Plácido Domingo, Opera Superstar, Achieves the Unthinkable: 150 Roles 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

Still, he made an earnest and emotionally grounded Porgy, a kindly, disabled beggar, and won a rousing ovation. When News Upstages an Opera Performance 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

But earnest campaigning has always gone hand in hand with sex appeal for Redford. Robert Redford, the Sundance Kid, grows old with style as he reinvents himself for film festival 2013-04-20T12:36:22Z

This is emotionally charged content, to be sure, and Spielberg fills it with stirring music, sweetly earnest close-ups and prettily falling snow. 'War Horse' is beautiful but a bit of a warhorse 2011-12-22T21:37:04Z

As my colleague and I sat with her, she mocked some of the overly earnest responses that she’s received, and, swiping through images, commented, “These aren’t real people.” Bow down to "the Tinder Queen": Dating apps aren't just for hooking up 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

If other sopranos bring more vocal glamour to the role, Ms. Frittoli is earnest and affecting. Review: ‘Don Carlo’ Gets a Gripping Revival at the Met Opera 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

He grinned, lowered his head again, began in earnest. After Fifty Shades: five authors offer their ripostes 2012-07-06T21:55:25Z

These matter-of-fact retellings require a suspension of disbelief, which is made easier by the author’s earnest, guileless voice. Close Encounters with O. Schrauwen’s Mesmerizing “Parallel Lives” 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

With her effusive stage presence and earnest personality, the native Brit quickly wins over her audiences and often teaches them a new thing or two along the way. Comedy in NYC This Week 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

In fact, the more you think about it, “Mercy Street” could just be a very earnest version of “M*A*S*H” repeats. PBS wants its own hit drama, but ‘Mercy Street’ lacks more than just a British accent 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

To call this presentation scattershot but earnest is still to praise it; to recognize it as essential is also to lament its necessity. 'Power: Work by African American Women' delivers the voices of 37 artists in one fierce exhibition 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

And yet the reenactments are all so earnest, in their aims at education, that it is hard to not feel a kind of affection for them, too. CNN’s “Race for the White House”: The campy history of cutthroat campaigns that 2016 deserves 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

The sites that developed tended to be basic, forthright, earnest and earthy — the web equivalent of Birkenstocks. Planners Adapt as Gay Unions Become More Common 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

These programs often do a better job of remembering what the war was really about and pinpointing why it is still relevant than more scholarly specials full of maps and timelines and earnest experts. Television: Old-Time Stuff Is Not Forgotten 2011-05-27T18:40:43Z

She finds an earnest core for her story by spending key time on Nico’s relationship with her son, Ari, with whom she reunited late in her life. Nico 1988: the film about the Velvet Underground's doomed singer 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z

Both amateur and professional performers will be taking a selection of socially engaged, not to say downright angry, work to Edinburgh this year – and much of it is in deadly earnest. The fringe turns angry as shows plan to deliver a political punch 2013-07-20T11:30:29Z

Still, their earnest effort to do right by her comes off well. "A League of Their Own" makes up for the past's missed swings, but isn't quite a home run 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

Griswold plans on keeping the focus on visual arts over the next few issues, with hopes of expanding coverage to music and other performing arts as live events start to return in earnest. New Seattle-area arts publication, PublicDisplay.ART, launches 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

And, all around us were middle-school-portrait people in earnest conversations that, according to my professional eavesdropping, were largely about the threat to Republicanism occasioned by people like me. Gene Weingarten: Schlepping with the enemy 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

With a playfully earnest touch, he lays psychological and philosophical foundations, referring to Hobbes and Nietzsche. | 'Order': Inner Demons Win in Horror Comedy at Kirk Theater 2010-06-24T21:35:00Z

Scavengers picking over the earnest toils of goodly creative people. Criticism -- what is it good for? 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

As he began searching for art in earnest across the Soviet Union, Mr. Zarug said he discovered huge stores of neglected paintings. Unknown or Unreal? The Shadow on Some Russian Avant-Garde Art 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

He began writing the play "in earnest" in 2005, and it was first produced two years ago in Los Angeles. Robin Williams haunts Broadway in "Bengal Tiger" 2011-03-30T12:33:13Z

In 1972, shortly after his discharge, his career began in earnest when what was supposed to be a brief stint with the Hubleys lasted several years. Michael Sporn, 67, Film Animator, Dies 2014-01-24T01:14:43Z

It’s not that the other performances in “Graduation” are bad—in fact, they’re blandly and professionally good—but they’re repressed performances that, in their narrowness, evoke, above all, Mungiu’s own proudly earnest illusion of reality. The Moralizing Pseudo-Realism of Cristian Mungiu’s “Graduation” 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

Tellingly, it loses steam when sentimentality creeps in, and eventually concludes with an earnest singalong of a Yule classic. Review: ‘Who’s Holiday!’ Is a Raunchy Riff on Dr. Seuss’s Yuletide Tale 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

This month Lifetime offered a new movie called “The Pregnancy Pact,” an earnest film inspired by a spate of pregnancies among high school girls in Gloucester, Mass., in 2008. 2010-01-31T05:37:00Z

If the response is bad, earnest viewers may be deterred from copying them. Watch What Happens When Real Housewives Don’t Wear Masks 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

Rachel and David are so earnest and idealistic that standing guard over this embodiment of evil, feeding him and enduring his anti-Semitic taunts, seems to put their souls in peril. | 'The Debt': ?Debt,? With Helen Mirren - Review 2011-08-30T12:00:00Z

Robert Redford directed and starred in “Lions for Lambs,” an earnest but inert critique of an American society marching heedlessly into a misguided war. Perspective | Even the best films about Afghanistan couldn’t have prepared us for this scene 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z

Thursday, as a superficial if very earnest example of the dumbing down of American culture. KCET's 'Cool Spaces!' offers earnest, enthused tour of new architecture 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

In a weak year for Broadway dramas, the winner for best play also seemed a dutiful choice: All the Way, Robert Schenkkan’s earnest but rather pedestrian account of Lyndon B. Johnson’s first year in office. Tony Awards: Wins for Bryan Cranston, Audra McDonald and Neil Patrick Harris 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Although no less chilling, it’s also deadly earnest, full of discomfiting nuance. A Young Soldier’s Moral Compromise 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

And I think it started in earnest with “Bridesmaids” and has been growing since then. Who’s Afraid of Female ‘Ghostbusters’? 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Movies about pivotal cases in American history tend to be earnest showcases that pander more to the performer's abilities than the audience's interest. With "The Trial of the Chicago 7" we get a history of civil disobedience that's very relevant today 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

Hutchinson’s own education about the genre’s Black history began in earnest when she moved to New York City in 2009. Black Artists Pioneered Electronic Music. This Festival Celebrates Them. 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

Others represent clumsy but earnest attempts at group definition by people who seem to realize just how much energy is around them. Quitting Your Job Never Looked So Fun 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

And somehow, this earnest, often blues née country née folk-based music, so different from what this younger crowd heard on the radio and saw on television, would make profound sense to some of them.  “The Last Waltz” at 40: The Band and their classic movie speak beyond boomer nostalgia 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z

“Is this earnest? Is this serious? Does it even matter?” For the Alt-Right, the Message Is in the Punctuation 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

The beloved staging of “Cinderella” by Sir Frederick Ashton balances the earnest romance of the timeless tale with the cheeky humor of the stepsisters, performed by men as per tradition. Dance Listings for July 3-9 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

And somehow, this dopey, mass-murdering thug and the actor playing him stand out as being far more endearingly earnest than anybody else. Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z

Ad copy from the nineteen-sixties seems painfully earnest to us now. Salvatore Scibona on the Difference Between Fiction and History 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

From the beginning of this album, Raury is earnest and aggrieved — he begins by lamenting consumerism and income inequality, in a voice that’s part tense rapping and part wistful singing. ‘All We Need’ is the New Album by Raury 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

She returns to Dan’s Harp Barn, a magical enclave in the England wilds where he leads a solitary, earnest life. Review | ‘Ellie and the Harpmaker’ plucks the heartstrings 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z

He eventually made his way to New York where he began his career in earnest off-Broadway and in bit parts for film and TV. Aasif Mandvi bridges East-West gap on 'Daily' basis and now HBO 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

At Fort Young, restorations have strengthened and greened the property, and eco-certification efforts began in earnest this year. Four resort destinations that rebounded after natural disasters to be better, safer and greener than before 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

Clumsy but earnest, it is an attempt to boil down the wisdom of the ages into a portable, illustrated compendium. Ethan Hawke: Actor, novelist — spiritual guide? 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

It’s not exactly a subtle piece of work, but it’s an earnest one, and the leads find and play the complexities of what could have been cardboard characters. Stream These 8 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in July 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

Moore’s personal charm, her reedy, earnest, sometimes quavering voice, and the confidence and heart she brought to the role had plenty to do with it. Postscript: Mary Tyler Moore 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

The outcome: afternoon tea, cigarettes, an earnest conversation about the material and then, at length, about living in Los Angeles. The Oranges: How I found myself in a real-life Entourage 2012-11-30T15:00:00Z

It would have been easy enough to cast the earnest, well-meaning Ford as a bit of a chump, but Rumsfeld portrays him as an honorable and brave man. Gerald Ford, President Nice Guy 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

But Walker is also known and acclaimed as a poet, and she began to devote herself to poetry in earnest after the events of 9/11. 10 author appearances to put on your literary calendar for fall 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

Ms. Cameron’s book, on the other hand, is steeped in the kind of earnest spirituality that New Age skeptics will no doubt bristle at. What’s All This About Journaling? 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

This, he decided, was his true calling, and after his father’s death in 1959 he felt free to pursue it in earnest, with a new name. Jackie Mason, 93, Dies; Turned Kvetching Into Comedy Gold 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z

In his show, Neenan, 31, plays Attenborough as an earnest young man in a safari jacket, seeking his big career break via a quest for a mythical creature, the sasquatch, or bigfoot. Seeking bigfoot: TV naturalist Attenborough gets comic homage 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

While there she fully intends to prepare for the MCATs, while introducing her earnest American boyfriend, Cooper, to her Turkish family. From Blood and Phlegm to Alcohol and Defenestration, Novels of Heartache 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

While producing for “POV,” Ford oversaw many earnest, formally unadventurous documentaries made in liberal good faith, but “Strong Island” is no such thing. Yance Ford’s Powerful Cinematic Memoir, “Strong Island” 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

“Dark Places” is equally earnest, set in a car, with Fallon playing the role of depressed road hog and threatening to drive it into the sea. The Gaslight Anthem: Get Hurt 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

Many years after “Laverne and Shirley” left the airwaves, I was an earnest young feminist, and I saw “Pretty Woman” for the first time. Garry Marshall, feminist role model: He told stories about funny, feisty, independent women 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

The acting is earnest, but the results feel ordinary. Movie Listings for April 11-17 2014-04-10T22:40:37Z

It’s mostly full of earnest statistical looks at young professionals’ dating behavior, conducted using anonymous aggregate data taken from the 12 million profiles and 6 billion ratings on OkCupid. The Science Behind the Perfect Dating Profile 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

While The Voice was ploughing on with its insistence that earnest credibility will always out, everyone else was too busy hooting at a dancing dog on Britain's Got Talent. Has The Voice lost its charm? 2012-05-18T10:56:43Z

And I’ve started a new experiment, a Substack, which is a thing people can subscribe to where I write a couple of times a week a sort of a humorous/earnest question-and-answer-like inspiration column. Q&A: A quick word with Spirit Awards host Nick Offerman 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Released in 2017, his debut album under the name A. Savage is a collection of pensive and earnest songs about love and political strife. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

While Swank is at her most earnest here, she's very good; and as a guy only a sister could love, Rockwell gives a beautifully nuanced, unexpectedly touching performance. Hilary Swank Shows Some Conviction 2010-10-14T03:45:00Z

It’s also about the struggle between earnest young people and the equally earnest, painfully misguided adults who are trying to save their souls. Review: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Resists the Straight and Narrow 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

This book’s epigraph is an earnest passage from “The Glass Castle” in which Jeannette Walls lovingly thanks her family. From Joshua Ferris: A Father’s Scattershot Legacy, Narrated Unreliably 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Is the brand in on the joke, spinning millennial nu-irony for likes and sales, or completely earnest? How to Make a Millennial Feel Cozy in Just One Beverage 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

He started color photography in earnest in the early ’90s, and soon embraced digital photography. When a Master Printer Picks Up the Camera 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

Given its long stretches of earnest and erudite scientific talk, “A Dangerous Method” might seem to be his calmest and most cerebral film yet. | 'A Dangerous Method': ?A Dangerous Method,? by David Cronenberg - Review 2011-11-22T18:02:01Z

Their narrow emotional range, though, all angsty or warmly earnest, seems better suited to a college mixer than as the amplifying furnishings for two hours and 40 minutes of winding exposition. Review | You oughta know this about ‘Jagged Little Pill’: It’s hard to swallow as a Broadway musical. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

He brought his earnest voice and moody guitar into the 1960s counterculture when he was in his early 30s, and he made a substantial impact musically well into the 1970s. Review: ‘Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire,’ Portrait of an Artist in Chaos 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

He’s earnest and energized, speaking between meetings at a nearby rooftop bar and the HP-sponsored Sundance House in Park City, Utah. When Don Draper toppled a dictator 2013-03-15T17:10:00Z

Austen was born in 1775, and her literary career began in earnest with the 1811 publication of the novel "Sense and Sensibility." Jane Austen's 10-pound bank note, not without irony, is revealed 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

Rehearsals began in earnest on Mr. Dobrin’s return from Asia in November. Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Take On ‘Laurencia’ 2012-12-24T22:49:32Z

Herblock is an earnest, well-made accounting of a remarkable and important life. The Man Who Made Presidents Cringe: HBO’s Herblock 2014-01-27T10:45:19Z

Combining goofy comedy, techy magic and earnest spirituality, this delightfully mind-teasing show rekindles the starry-eyed hope of the hippie counterculture. Art in Review: Gary Hill 2011-04-01T01:54:26Z

But the trouble is that despite how earnest and committed Mr. Zahs appears to be, the story of what’s in the collection might be more be more fascinating than the man who’s collected it. Review: In ‘Saving Brinton,’ an Inveterate Accumulator Finds Treasure 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

The source of the buzz: An intimate, earnest and confessional writing style that has inspired as many fans as critics. Too Sincere for the Internet? How the Web Journal Thought Catalog Sparked an Online Firestorm 2012-07-05T14:00:18Z

But if the Conchords concept is looking shaky, the songs are solid as ever: masterpieces of bathos that unite earnest musicianship with pedantic and gloriously banal sentiment. Flight of the Conchords 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z

But the long rap sessions between numbers — I use the term in the antiquated sense, of earnest soul baring — tend to sap the energy from the proceedings. Theater Review: ‘I’m Getting My Act Together’ at City Center 2013-07-25T21:07:09Z

Sure, it’s a city of characters, but Washington is truly at its best — and, dare we say, coolest — when it’s allowed to be its wonky, earnest, smart, overworked, chronically exhausted, wise-cracking, hyper-educated self. Reality TV? Not Really, the Capital Says 2011-01-21T22:24:29Z

Jenner’s interview with ABC News was characterized by earnest, revealing dignity. Bruce Jenner’s remarkable authenticity: What he teaches us about life, laughter & vulnerability 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z

Adams, the elder statesman of the party, has an old-fashioned, earnest, zestful cadence to his prose. Review | Adventure seekers — and a few ghosts — make a dangerous trip up a mountain in ‘Mysterium’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

This was a passion project in the most earnest terms. If Beale Street Could Talk: Barry Jenkins shows that more is less 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

And he tries his best to imagine his videos through a very earnest lens to avoid hurting feelings. Benito Skinner Is All About Drama 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z

Luckily, à la “Blown Away,” there are many earnest, enthusiastic shows that focus on actual skills. Grieving About Canceled Shows? Get Over It 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

While he exudes the Lone Ranger's earnest wholesomeness, he's understandably an uncertain straight man alongside Depp's slapstick. Review: 'The Lone Ranger' is a runaway train 2013-07-01T22:48:21Z

Some of these recent wins surely reflect the increased diversity of the membership, but some of this may also be an earnest self-conscious corrective. #MeToo, Harvey Weinstein and Awkward TV: Our Critics Talk Oscars 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Brown paused and turned earnest: “I want to do the most good I can do with this,” he said. The Potato Salad Guy Should Keep Every Penny 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ali, who is upbeat and charming in person but also very professional and earnest, was keenly aware that this was his moment. Mahershala Ali? You’ve Surely Seen His Face 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

“Operation Finale,” an earnest and effective dramatization of the efforts to find Eichmann in South America and convey him to Israel, instead emphasizes the evil of evil. Review: In ‘Operation Finale,’ the Agonizing Hunt for a Nazi 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

By the late 1980s he was singing, in his gutsy, earnest rasp, about adult disillusionment and economic woes, particularly for family farmers. Music Review: Rocker From the Heartland, Aging Brashly 2011-02-20T22:47:56Z

He spoke of toes in general with reverence and earnest passion. How these 5 little words can jump-start an illicit sexual affair 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z

Then there’s Parks, who, even playing this version of herself, always feels earnest, as when she listens to the speeches of her characters, while sitting off to one side of the stage, leaning forward attentively. Review: In ‘Plays for the Plague Year,’ the Soundtrack of Our Lives 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z

Proceeds  support the library’s cultural and educational programs, while participation fulfills your earnest desire to never leave the house. All dressed up and nowhere to go? Sweet relief! It's L.A. Library Foundation’s Stay Home and Read a Book Ball 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

All this Ms. Braunig renders in paint with earnest attentiveness, creating something like a Bonwit Teller window display by a Salvador Dalí descendant. Art in Review: SASCHA BRAUNIG 2011-04-14T20:27:01Z

Kander’s arsenal ranges from hopeful hymns to sassy blues, and his earnest grounding allows him to hit notes of pure menace and simply stated hope without sounding bombastic or trite. Life after a teen kidnapping in new Kander-Pierce musical ‘Kid Victory’ 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

A thin line separates the magical from the preposterous, and by insisting so strenuously on its own magic, “Winter’s Tale” pitches helplessly into earnest ridiculousness. Movie Review: ‘Winter’s Tale’ Takes Beauty and Wonder to Its Limit 2014-02-13T23:57:22Z

This is an earnest picture, and often a thoughtful one—though a thoughtful movie isn’t always the same as one that provokes thought. Review: 'Free State of Jones' Is Earnest and Sometimes Exhilarating, But Packs Too Much In 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

And in case the subtlety was missed, Frost set traps in the poem intended to explode a more earnest reading. Edward Thomas, Robert Frost and the road to war 2011-07-29T21:57:01Z

Seth Gabel developed two versions of Agent Lincoln Lee in two separate universes - one quiet, earnest and slightly shy, the other gregarious, trash-talking and militaristic. In the end, `Fringe' was all about identity 2013-01-17T17:16:04Z

Rejoice, fans of earnest British reality contest shows, for this is truly our era. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

His two contributions to the evening were characteristically earnest and deeply felt, self-serious to a fault. Dance Review: Rosie Herrera Dance Theater and Doug Varone at Joyce Theater 2013-01-16T17:37:51Z

And as we approach the Democratic primary season in earnest, it’ll be a fascinating to see how this bias manifests in post-episode coverage of ABC’s daytime hit. How we view the women of "The View": Come for viral catfights, stay for the substance 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

He revels in their flamboyant playfulness and its earnest purpose, in their fusion of slapstick antics with hieratic exaltation. Ornette Coleman’s Inspired Soundtrack for “Who’s Crazy?” 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

She’s just a fan of the ambassadors’ efforts and their earnest signs — the opposite of the biker-baiting columnists and Twitter whiners. Who can make peace between bikers and the rest of D.C.? Enter diplomats on wheels.

But the whole thing was so earnest and touching that it put people in a good mood and many left smiling - a rare event in the brooding world of fashion. Chanel's casual chic vs. Givenchy's extreme art 2011-01-25T23:56:11Z

Mr. Gillette said his efforts “are in no way ironic,” adding they are simply his “earnest attempt to get a painting correct.” Bob Ross Fans Seek Some Happy Little Appreciation for Their Muse 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere, the novel criticizes government authority and excess in earnest, even in the plot itself. Mark Twain invented Mitt 2012-07-06T14:20:00Z

The ghastliness of this damp and squishy comedy is the byproduct of a confused and earnest sentimentality, a willful devotion to wide-eyed wonder that confuses simplicity with simple-mindedness. Movie Review: ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green,’ Starring Jennifer Garner 2012-08-14T22:10:05Z

As a reporter he is dogged and earnest; as a profile writer, crisp and professional. Books of The Times: Why 1970 Deserves Its 15 Minutes of Fame 2011-06-23T21:59:42Z

The come-on here is slow, and earnest — people are already talking, so let’s really give them something to talk about. The Playlist: Thom Yorke’s Chilling Ballad, and 13 More New Songs 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

What inspires Turkington is what sparked his teenaged obsessions: the obscured realms of entertainment, where earnest dreamers struggle to sustain mediocre careers. What’s it like to live as one of the ‘worst’ comics in the world? Gregg Turkington is finally talking about it. 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

As her love interest, Matteo, Joseph Kaiser is rightly earnest and, just like Dean Power as Elemer, sings with a clean, clear tenor. Review: ‘Arabella’ Brings Intrigue to the Munich Opera Festival 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

Dr. Grind remains earnest while performing the comical Stanford marshmallow experiment, which measures how long children are willing to delay gratification when yummy treats are placed before them. In ‘Perfect Little World,’ a scientist hopes to create the ideal family 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

The feelings of sincerity guests walk away with probably won’t need to be manufactured, planners say, because couples who marry in 2022 will tend to be a grounded, earnest bunch. It’s a Boom Year for Brides and Grooms 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

The camp and winking jokes — a Wagnerian soprano interloper, in breastplate and horns, brings down the Act I curtain — are precisely balanced by moments of earnest savagery or tenderness. Review: ‘Ghosts’ of the Guillotine Reunite at Versailles 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

And, however sincere and earnest their alliance may be, the movie itself tells a different tale: Cameron’s sensibility wins, hands down. “Alita: Battle Angel,” Reviewed: A Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron Robot Film with Too Much “Titanic” in Its DNA 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

“Matt and I really wanted to do a show where the heroes weren’t earnest,” Mr. Santora said of the series’s humorous antics and verbal sparring. To Catch a Thief (or a Murderer) 2011-02-25T19:44:54Z

Those scenes may or may not feed the earnest speculators who to this day refuse to believe official reports, but this series is decidedly not for those people. “JFK: One Day in America” restores the humanity to one of America's most dramatized tragedies 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z

Last month Jovanotti, 46, moved with his family to an apartment in Greenwich Village, and his American invasion began in earnest. Jovanotti, Italian Rapper, Brings His Act to New York 2012-10-03T22:23:44Z

The show's heart often plays like "heart" -- much more so than NBC's "Parks and Recreation," a more earnest and authentically warm series that has more to do with observable reality than pop culture riffing. Will future generations understand "The Simpsons"? 2011-03-08T16:05:00Z

After he’d morphed himself from Bobby Zimmerman to “Bob Dylan,” but before he’d begun composing original music in earnest, he made a recording that was reverently known for decades as the Minneapolis Party Tape. My father recorded young Bob Dylan: How the historic "Minneapolis Party Tape" was made 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

Still, he sometimes delivers his advice with an intensity so earnest it borders on self-parody. Review | Raising a boy in 2020 is tough. Three new books aimed at fathers offer some guidance. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

In light of what we know about the composer, however, all this is probably in earnest: the desperate insistence is most likely his own. Cult Fame and Its Discontents 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

That is not a question likely to resonate much with young people today, unless they are asking it in earnest puzzlement. Movie Review: In ‘The Lone Ranger,’ Tonto Takes Center Stage 2013-07-02T17:30:46Z

The erosion of the middle class started in earnest. "Stranger Things" and the frustrations of nostalgia 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

It was after she began studying with the soprano Beverley Johnson that her career began in earnest. Rita Shane, a Met Soprano Known for Range and Intensity, Dies at 78 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z

“A great find is a great find, and I want to help people find the best of the best,” said Ms. Chen, who paused before adding, “That sounds really earnest.” Eva Chen, Trending Now at Lucky Magazine 2013-08-14T23:29:09Z

As a walk-up to the meeting, The Daily Show sent Samantha Bee to capture the spectacle of earnest Brooklynites arguing intensely over a symbolic gesture. Hummus-Aisle Intifadah! The Daily Show Comes to My Neighborhood 2012-03-28T13:07:30Z

And so, there we were again, drifting through that bloated, four-day corporate-sponsored party agenda, which kicked off in earnest Thursday night. At correspondents’ dinner scene, Vanderpump rules. (Too bad, Tucker.) 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z

As is often the case in Mr. Newman’s satire, the tone lands somewhere in between scathing and sympathetic, making earnest points amid ridicule. The Playlist: David Bowie’s Unreleased Songs and a ‘Putin’ Satire 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

Not glamorous, romantic "Downton Abbey," but homespun and earnest "Antiques Roadshow," where Civil War firearms, Tiffany lamps and autographed baseball cards are the stars. Hit 'Antiques Roadshow' keeps on trucking for PBS 2013-07-01T21:56:15Z

I wonder what all Žižek's earnest young followers will make of this, and worry they will be cross with me for not getting anything more serious out of him. Slavoj Žižek: 'Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots' 2012-06-10T19:00:05Z

With its compellingly multifaceted approach, its earnest compassion and a celebrity presence in the form of the actor Gael García Bernal, the documentary could be enlisted in the perennial battle over immigration law. Movie Review: ‘Who Is Dayani Cristal?’ Follows a Migrant’s Final Journey 2014-04-24T23:41:30Z

You know, he was asking himself a dead earnest question. Greg Bellow: My father, Saul 2013-04-27T08:01:15Z

“Big Night” may be earnest in patches, not entirely convincing and a bit thin, but Rudnick hasn’t lost his talent to amuse. Paul Rudnick's 'Big Night': Comedy and crisis in the awards machine of Hollywood 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

There were moments when the band returned to its earnest, art school origins, back when the members didn’t think they knew how to dance and were just modest mice with big dreams. Review | A rocking Arcade Fire overloads the senses at Capital One Arena 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

So what does he think the earnest and ambitious 19-year-old Murphy would think of his career? Cillian Murphy: ‘I think James Bond should be a woman, which rules me out’ 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

What he regrets most over his hosting years, he said, is the show’s “preachy moments, its earnest moments.” New Host Needed: Be Prepared to Fill Big Shoes 2011-05-14T04:00:03Z

And in the film it’s fans who do most of the emotional heavy lifting, as seen in home videos and earnest YouTube clips, and in the crowd at his show, screaming unreservedly. Movie Review: ‘Justin Bieber’s Believe,’ Directed by Jon M. Chu 2013-12-27T15:52:38Z

You might find yourself more resistant to Sergio’s enthusiasms despite Ms. Costa’s energetically earnest performance. Review: ‘Duck Butter’ and the 24-Hour ‘for Real’ Relationship 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Apparently weighed down by her responsibilities as chatelaine of Pemberley — the need to keep up appearances and propriety — she’s become earnest and dutiful, seldom speaking her mind. Books of The Times: ?Death Comes to Pemberley? by P. D. James - Review 2011-12-26T22:48:22Z

These three mostly serve as a foil to the earnest fourth, though they’re also on hand to provoke, and then sucker punch, the audience’s class prejudices. ‘Get Duked!’ Review: The Kids Are All Fight (and Jokes) 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

The first is that Shyamalan himself tends to be too earnest. What Will It Take to Trust M. Night Shyamalan? 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z

Helen Wells, a prolific Y.A. author and a former social worker, tended to bring an earnest, liberal message to her work. In Praise of the ‘Career Romance’ 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

What Virgil calls the “fable-like atmosphere” remains simply cloudy, clotted by earnest pronouncements: “Just because a thing was poetry didn’t mean it never happened in the actual world, or that it couldn’t happen still.” Review | Leif Enger’s fans have waited 10 years for ‘Virgil Wander.’ Was it worth it? 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

The show is quickly paced and so very earnest, but works best when things lighten up and the focus is on the combative relationship between the two leads. Wednesday TV Pick: 'The Whole Truth' on ABC 2010-10-12T20:39:00Z

That’s fair enough, but it does this riveting book a mild disservice; the memoir I read was more intricate and surprising than such an earnest descriptor lets on. A Poet Remembers Her Impulsive Trip Into a Civil War 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

One final thing before we start in earnest. Digested read: I Can Make You Happy by Paul McKenna 2011-01-10T21:30:01Z

His moms think Laser, played with the right measure of mischief and diffidence by Josh Hutcherson, might be gay, a possibility they handle with the earnest, nonjudgmental concern that their straight counterparts might bring. Film: They Grow Up So Quickly, Don?t They? 2010-07-09T04:31:00Z

Dressed in a collared shirt and bluejeans, he came off as earnest, unaffected and a bit nervous about now being in the spotlight rather than being a nearly invisible ensemble member. John Hawkes Brings Years of Film Work to ‘The Sessions’ 2012-10-12T12:00:00Z

But Walker is also known and acclaimed as a poet — a form to which she began to devote herself in earnest after the events of 9/11. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for October 2018 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

In the beginning, we played our roles with a bit of tongue in cheek, but at some point the sheer make-believe wore thin, leaving just earnest adoration. How Do You Know When It’s Time to Break Up? 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

It's an expensively mounted production with an impressive international cast and some earnest attempts to convey the brutality. Film review: City of War: The Story of John Rabe 2010-04-01T22:15:00Z

“We hear the cries for diversity, pleas for representation and demands for transparency,” he said, over a soundtrack of earnest piano. The Best and Worst of the 2021 Grammy Awards 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

As the novel opens, Kate’s father, an immunologist at Johns Hopkins, begs her to marry his earnest lab assistant to keep the young scientist from being deported when his visa expires. Anne Tyler loathes Shakespeare. So she decided to rewrite one of his plays. 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

They don’t always hit the mark, but even when they miss, they’re more entertaining than most of the earnest documentaries and dramas. Critic?s Notebook: Tribeca?s Taste of All Things Grim and Gory 2011-04-21T22:10:27Z

Here, Ritchie is not just earnest — he’s morally outraged about the broken promises made to thousands of Afghans who believed they’d earned Special Immigrant Visas only to be abandoned to fend for themselves. ‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’ Review: Call of Duty 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

“But it speaks to a lack of fear around earnest expression of emotion.” Brett Goldstein Faces Life After ‘Lasso’ 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z

The pianist Dave Burrell sat onstage at Roulette on Wednesday, his sizable frame stooped over the keyboard with a combination of studious grace and earnest fascination. Jazz Giants Dave Burrell and Archie Shepp Retrace Their Five-Decade History 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

Over the course of the semester, the men were earnest, hardworking, open and appreciative. Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z

Gentle piano began—a sound like earnest contemplation, difficult thinking, patience—and Groban’s voice, where Malloy’s wonderfully nasally voice had once been, began to sing. Ars Nova’s Brilliant Career 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

When the war begins in earnest, these personal conflicts do not fall away; they accrue even greater stakes. Maaza Mengiste Sings a Modern Song of War 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Han Solo was the great skeptic of the original “Star Wars” movies, the only main character to wink amid all the earnest discussion of made-up jargon and wooden dialogue. “Star Wars”: Just Let It In 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

Ippolito, a musician, began collecting them in earnest after his first wife’s death. At home with her memory 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

He sings earnest songs in a style considered retro; he recently settled out of court with Tom Petty over “Stay with Me” ’s similarity to “I Won’t Back Down.” The 2015 Grammys and Keeping It Real 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

In 1978, around the time Bolaño first began writing fiction in earnest, he wrote in his diary, “I write verses, dream of a novel.” Roberto Bolaño and the Beat Connection 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z

“He’s very earnest, not in a cheesy way; he’s just a good guy,” Bartlett had said. In ‘A Friend of the Family,’ Jake Lacy Breaks Character 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

“Younger artists got the chance to pay earnest homage to their elder; a mature woman who was not yet finished reinterpreting her life’s work reclaimed the stage,” Zoladz wrote. Joni Mitchell to Be Honored With Gershwin Prize and Tribute Concert 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

At her best, Ms. Burch, who consistently draws attention to the artifice of her stories before switching gears into something more earnest, focuses her kinetic showmanship. Theater Review: ‘Tar Baby,’ With the Comic Desiree Burch 2013-01-10T21:52:00Z

This is crudely mounted, earnest advocacy, getting its points across at any cost. ‘Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain’ Stars Martin Sheen 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

And then the conversation began in earnest, but not before I had another shock, this one of realization: I had hurt Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison’s Truth 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

On Colbert’s debut episode, he chose to kick off the proceedings with an earnest opening in which he sang the Star Spangled Banner at various locations across the United States. Colbert's Late Show: first week shows host is trading flash for substance 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

Its ambitions are high-minded and grandly scaled; its attitude remains earnest, patient and craftsmanlike. U2 Offer ‘Songs of Experience’ to a World That’s on Fire 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

“I don’t mean that derogatorily — I think great rock and roll has to have stupid things in it. Otherwise, it becomes too earnest.” The brief and wild ride of the Stooges gets ‘fan film’ treatment in ‘Gimme Danger’ 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Chance is a funny, earnest, off-kilter lyricist, but his real power—this ability to always be building—rises from a level far beneath text. The Sound of Hope: Chance the Rapper 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

The new season of “black-ish” doesn’t start in earnest until Oct. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

Art can certainly dramatize real-life events, as long as it understands them, but it can’t be the earnest volunteer on the street with a Greenpeace clipboard. The Limits of “Message Movies” about Africa 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

“Some time back, when I was a more earnest foodie, cream of mushroom soup was anathema to me,” Walsh writes. "America's béchamel:" How Campbell's canned cream of mushroom soup became a Thanksgiving staple 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z

She was just as earnest in her singing. Music Review: Hurray for the Riff Raff at the Mercury Lounge 2012-08-27T22:09:54Z

I’m used to writing things that are sarcastic, not things that are supposed to be funny, but also insightful and earnest. Will Ferrell on Donald Trump, Michelle Obama and His New Movie 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

Indeed, the band’s never come off as defensive about being so blatantly earnest. How Coldplay became cool: Haters keep saying they’re too soft, too earnest, too dorky — and they still don’t care 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

What works better by far for Mr. James here are the earnest ballads of his own design, like “You Can Count on Me,” which eases the album to a warmly reassuring close. New Music: ‘Bankrupt,’ by Phoenix, and ‘The Beat,’ by Boney James 2013-04-22T22:07:35Z

Gale brilliantly conveys both Catherine's vulnerability – she is frequently on the point of tears – and her strength; and Parker is excellent as the earnest, dweebish Hal. Proof – review 2013-03-24T00:05:43Z

It was also his personality as a family man, earnest striver and all-around nice guy. New Music: New Music: Javier Colon and Taylor Ho Bynum - Reviews 2011-11-28T23:08:05Z

A great American storyteller in the vein of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, Springsteen dares to be earnest in an age of mind-numbing cynicism. Bruce Springsteen's "Western Stars" album packs sweeping cinematic power 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

Her origin story, now familiar to the 20-million-plus viewers of her TED Talk, begins in earnest after she was thrown from a car during an accident at age 19. Amy Cuddy Takes a Stand 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

This movie “has a winningly pulpy, jaunty, earnest spirit,” A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times in July. DVD: New on Blu-ray: Erle C. Kenton?s ?Island of Lost Souls? 2011-10-22T02:53:02Z

This is the most earnest and enjoyable of any reality-contest show in living memory, and the skills and passion on display are significant and inspiring. What You Should Watch This Thanksgiving Weekend 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

That the wisdom they dole out should be earnest sex advice, however, is decidedly less familiar. 'Take care of your actors': the intimacy director keeping Netflix’s sex scenes safe 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

“He is a real, earnest, pure kind of artist, both in theatrical demeanor and in delivering the vocal goods, which suits the roles he’s playing.” Critic’s Notebook: Javier Camarena to Sing in ‘La Cenerentola’ 2014-04-20T22:05:39Z

As they delve into their studies and the war effort, Strange and Norrell become both partners and competitors, in equal earnest. Review: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Brings the Old-Time Magic 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Still, it wouldn’t be a Coldplay single without some earnest flicker of grandiosity, so here too is Muhammad Ali, talking in 1977. The Playlist: The xx Return in a Brighter Mood 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

I do remember not wanting it to be too earnest, and that's very hard. Hollywood actresses recount career challenges 2011-01-03T03:51:57Z

“I used to come into every space with a bass and guitar in my hand, and a backpack with my laptop,” he said, evoking an image of an extremely earnest, ready-to-please young man. For the Producers Raphael Saadiq and Steve Lacy, Collaboration Is Key 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z

After his own plodding and earnest fashion, Adams glimpsed the big picture too. Two cheers for the Declaration of Independence: The weird, contradictory and radical vision of human equality that America couldn’t handle 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

The spare flatness of the images, the tamped-down performances, and the restricted scope of the incidents contribute to the sense of didactic clarity and earnest purpose. The Historical Imagination and “Free State of Jones” 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

The younger star spoke about Cook, as well as ’90s trends like low-rise jeans and claw clips, with an earnest reverence. Rachael Leigh Cook Was Always Worth the Bet 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

Still, for all of the writers' and cast's earnest attempts to find a way into the show's 10-episode farewell, there's simply no way for the show to avoid the awkwardness surrounding what it signifies. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" returns with an appropriate awkward hello to its farewell season 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

Some scenes, as when Ryan unwittingly sings to his hospitalized birth mother, are silly enough to be mistaken for “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” yet this movie’s earnest infectiousness is tough to deny. ‘The Identical,’ a Movie Musical About Separated Twins 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

She wrote a playful poem on the joys of the library for National Libraries Day in February, saying it was more fun than writing an "earnest" article. EL James, JK Rowling, Hilary Mantel … the women who dominated publishing in 2012 2012-11-30T22:55:17Z

One show is rural, one is urban; one earnest, one ironic. Willie Robertson Vs. Don Draper, State of the Union Battle of the TV Symbols 2014-01-29T12:38:51Z

Who knew this earnest, folksy Seattle band — arguably less "head" than "heart" — with the clanking piano and celestial fiddle and vocal harmonies would catch fire nationally? 16 top entertainment picks for the week of Sept. 9-15, 2012 2012-09-05T22:44:04Z

It reflects its era’s preoccupation, at once playful and earnest, with finding authenticity in an alienated, media-saturated world. ‘Tell It Like It Is,’ a Chapter of New York From 1968 to ’86 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

His earnest example later became fodder for cynical critique, helping to inspire Norman Mailer’s galvanizing 1957 essay, “The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster.” Mezzrow Seeks to Fill a Jazz Niche in the Village 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

These radical, earnest glimpses sparkle with a sheen that’s wholly redemptive. Ellie Goulding's Halcyon is Catchy Catharsis 2012-10-09T15:00:25Z

Haskell occasionally drifts into the Thoreauvian school of nature writing, with epiphanies and too earnest discussions of nature, but for the most part he avoids platitudes. 'The Forest Unseen': a very close watch on nature 2012-03-14T19:56:10Z

Now Rourke and Pollard were slugging it out to claim the title; but that involved neither earnest declarations of literary intention nor intricate comparisons of imagery. What a performance 2010-07-30T23:05:00Z

As for their hearts, well, Ms. Knightley, in an earnest West End debut, does inspire a certain parental warmth. 2010-01-13T00:41:00Z

Mitsotakis told Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper last week that “the marbles were stolen in the 19th century, they belong in the Acropolis Museum and we need to discuss this issue in earnest.” Greek leader, in London, seeks return of ancient sculptures 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

Something of poetry's concision and distillation suffused his photographic work, which he launched in earnest in the late '30s. Minor White's photos get a rare large-scale exhibition at Getty Museum 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

Work on “Honey” began in earnest in 2015 as Robyn was still grappling with a fair amount of personal pain, which she of course fed right back into the music. How Robyn, Pop’s Glittery Rebel, Danced Her Way Back From Darkness 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

The movie is earnest when it wants to be, like when Jake recites poetry to Helen, but consistently backpedals to jokes about the hikers’ ineptitude and getting freaky in the woods. ‘Happiness for Beginners’ Review: Live, Laugh, Hike 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” the directing debut of the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, is so worthy, so earnest and so achingly sincere that it’s almost painful to criticize. ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ Review: Saving a Village, Using Books and Brains 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

At the center of it all is that affable redhead Archie Andrews — good-natured, earnest if not academically accomplished — eternally caught between two girlfriends constantly competing for his attention. Archie goes dark: The CW’s “Riverdale” serves up a classic comic book character with a twist 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

Or maybe the way to think about it is that she right-sized her career, away from the silly and grim expectations of complaisance that come with universal acclaim and toward a more earnest plane. The Night Sinead O’Connor Took on the Pope on ‘SNL’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, Clancy’s staging does not exploit this potential, and on a recent evening in Bryant Park, the production relied mostly on a certain earnest enthusiasm. ‘The Two Noble Kinsmen’ Review: Shakespeare, With a Hint of Celine Dion 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

This diverse and earnest show tackles politics, discrimination and poverty, ebulliently portraying a neighborhood in which a gang is not a haunting menace but merely a fact of life. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Station 19’ and ‘Portlandia’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

That exchange — and the funny and earnest notes on display in it — neatly encapsulates the tone of the series at large. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Becoming’ and ‘Brockmire’ 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

The ogling continues in earnest, five decades after her death. Monroe statue carries a spectacle across the decades 2011-07-15T17:23:00Z

Still, his growing body of orchestral recordings is making big statements of its own, confronting an earthly reality that continues to grow darker with an earnest and open vision. Kamasi Washington, Still in an Epic Mind-Set on ‘Heaven and Earth’ 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

Once freed of the constraints of the parents' taste, limited in any case by the difficulty in obtaining anything culturally significant at the tropical limits of far-flung empire, the discoveries began in earnest. Family life 2012-09-28T23:05:25Z

That makes for some earnest songs about love and courage, and for drama that can seem contrived. Theater Review: ‘A Letter to Harvey Milk’ at Pershing Square Signature Center 2012-07-27T21:36:40Z

We also catch up with Betsy as a disaffected and anxious adult, engaged to an earnest and overly understanding man named Cal. A Political Scandal’s Trauma, Seen From the Inside 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

There’s a recurring self-consciousness about the limitations of comedy here, which comes up during an earnest discussion in the writers’ room. Review: How Do You Solve ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’? 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

It couldn’t have been every day that a Hollywood icon approached him with the earnest glee of a gushing fangirl. Lauren Bacall's idol? Letter reveals it was British sculptor Henry Moore 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

Musa, the translator in “Bengal Tiger,” a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in drama last year, appealed to him as an earnest character driven to extreme behavior by horrifying circumstances. From Starry-Eyed to Star 2011-05-01T22:40:59Z

According to Pitchfork, the album uses "specific chord progressions associated with the male character's 'earnest angst' and 'the girl's forced nonchalance'." San Fermin – Sonsick: New music 2013-06-17T16:04:00Z

But watch for the different ways in which Mr. Ryan’s bluff, earnest Harry wears his suit, the way he puts on and takes off his jacket with varying degrees of ease and anger and defiance. Theater Review | 'The Temperamentals': The Churning Insides of a Quiet Revolution 2010-03-01T06:03:00Z

In her telling, the music subculture of the Pacific Northwest in the ’90s was at once gritty and friendly, edgy and earnest. Carrie Brownstein’s ‘Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl’: Yes, she’s that cool 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

"My stomach hurts/because it’s hard to be a punk while wearing a skirt," Alex Luciano sings in "Tummy Ache," a surge of earnest aspiration laced with self-questioning from an album due April 7. The Playlist: Calle 13’s Residente Goes Globe-Trotting and Slowdive Cruises Back 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

“My Mad Fat Diary,” a British teen import about a recently suicidal teen girl, is thoughtful and hilarious, and a more earnest follow-up to “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” What You Should Watch This Labor Day Weekend 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

In structure and tone, “Moonlight” sets itself against the earnest, austere naturalism that has become a default setting for movies about social misery. ‘Moonlight’: Is This the Year’s Best Movie? 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

Addicts’ stories take up a lot of space in the cultural conversation: epic disasters narrowly survived, triumphant recovery and, hopefully, earnest attempts to repair the damage inflicted on those around them. The Trouble With the Troubled Teen Industry 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

But it wasn’t until the 1920s that the sisters began collecting in earnest. Baltimore loves Matisse. That’s one more reason to love Baltimore. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z

Adriane and her classmates all share the same earnest, shuttered quality and indistinguishable voice. A Dystopian Thriller From Joyce Carol Oates 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

She has accomplished this feat exuding earnest curiosity rather than gravitas. Our culture needed an adult. Gayle King rose to the challenge. 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

From that moment, Jones began writing in earnest, turning “anything into a story” and filling notebooks with adventures. Kima Jones, the Founder of Jack Jones Literary Arts, Is Taking the Publishing Industry by Storm 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

This instalment, New Start, brings us up to date, starting with Barack Obama's earnest attempts to reboot Washington-Moscow relations. TV highlights 09/02/2012 2012-02-08T20:00:05Z

“Paterson” is Jarmusch’s credo of artistic, romantic, and class fidelity, but it’s also a fruitfully friendly wrangle with Anderson’s films, a work of anxiously unwanted influence, earnest homage, and gentle competition. Jim Jarmusch’s “Paterson” and the Myth of the Solitary Artist 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

The tenor Daniel Greenwood proved an earnest and engaging Frederic, the young man mistakenly apprenticed to the pirates and trapped by a leap year birthday. Music Review: ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ at Symphony Space 2013-12-29T20:37:38Z

They are more likely to break into song or dance or play games with celebrities than they are to rib them, and they jump into stunts with earnest enthusiasm. David Letterman Leaves His Successors a Rich Comedic Bequest 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

“What’s so important to me is … to learn from the mistake, not to be shamed and punished and never given a second chance,” said an earnest Giannulli, dressed in a bright pink pantsuit. Oliva Jade Giannulli learning from family college ‘mess-up’ 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

In many ways, the cinematic medium itself might hold the key to the difference between cultural appropriation — whether in the form of cynical co-opting or earnest condescension — and meaningful, intimately observed storytelling. White filmmakers, black characters and the fear of cultural appropriation 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

Morini’s devotion to the food of the Emilia-Romagna region is as earnest as Lincoln’s perfectionism, but White’s osteria is more casual. | Haute Crumbs at Morini and Lincoln 2010-10-19T18:27:00Z

Therefore, we’ve decided that speculation about Bill Clinton’s race for First Hubby should now begin in earnest, or at least begin. Is Bill Clinton running for first gentleman? No? Well, it doesn’t hurt to speculate.

Unlike much of the more earnest online food world, her photographs are bright, flooded with light and popping with flashes of colour, vibrancy and life. Click plate: how Instagram is changing the way we eat 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Amid the clips and ironic sendoffs, there were plenty of moments of real heart, from his tribute to his family to his earnest farewell speech. 10 tearjerker moments from Dave Letterman’s big finale 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

The movie is filled with dire and earnest substance: the onetime drug addiction of both of Jimmie’s parents, gun violence, homelessness, racism, the politics of real estate. Review: The Disappointing Blandness of “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z

We usually respond to this kind of tragedy, she says, with hopeful, love-conquers-hate sentiments and earnest expressions of concern. Samantha Bee’s righteous rage: “Full Frontal” stands out in late-night responses to Orlando shooting 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

Will Close, as England’s captain and star player, Harry Kane, plays up the striker’s famously laconic manner, providing a bathetic counterpoint to the coach’s earnest rhetoric. ‘Dear England’ Review: When Soccer Success Becomes a Moral Victory 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z

Maybe Juster’s earnest, mildly subversive playfulness, which dipped a toe or two into the brewing countercultural energies of the early ’60s, has turned cloying with age? Rainn Wilson Narrates a New Audiobook of ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

For more than a decade, this folk-punk band from Athens, Ga., has scrunched ambitious theses into charmingly earnest tracks. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z

Ms. Hahn’s Bach is as earnest as ever, yet naturally wiser. Hilary Hahn Returns to Bach, 21 Years Older. And Maybe Wiser. 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

He wants to make a searing indictment of poverty called “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and he approaches his trip with the earnest self-importance that title implies. Perspective | Movies to satisfy your pent-up wanderlust 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

Outside, the men clutch at their hearts and reach out toward their elusive lovers in a heartsick, earnest pantomime. Review: 'Chi-Raq' Is a Shout of Joy and a Cry of Anguish 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

It has an aura of the best kind of earnest conversation that kept you up all night in your early adulthood — but it transcends that potential callowness with its Keatsian sense of impending mortality. ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

I commit them to your earnest care till the questions relating to this important work are fully settled. The Late Late Phase 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

Almost immediately after returning to England, she said, “I started writing songs in earnest.” Music: Beth Orton Releases ‘Sugaring Season’ 2012-09-29T23:43:03Z

That seems a little unfair, though, because Grohl doesn’t come across as the least bit boring — just deeply earnest. Dave Grohl: A back-aching, coffee-guzzling, minivan-driving classic rocker 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

Isabella Bird, the Victorian travel writer whose books kept her English audience rapt, wrote in “Unbeaten Tracks in Japan”: “The wood-carving needs weeks of earnest work for the mastery of its ideas and details.” Overnighter : North of Tokyo, Exploring the Sacred and Scenic 2014-02-06T19:30:54Z

This is a particularly earnest Ben Stiller: "I don't have any black friends yet, but I am on the market," he says. Review: Suburbia under sci-fi siege in 'The Watch' 2012-07-26T22:49:08Z

Then, once the shallot rings start to sizzle in earnest, reduce the heat to maintain a very gentle fry. What Store-Bought Fried Shallots Can Do for You 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z

His light-hearted remarks followed David Bowie's more earnest plea for unity at this week's Brits, an episode that led some to ponder the wisdom of celebrities involving themselves in political affairs. Film festival not immune from independence debate 2014-02-23T12:23:46Z

Structured as a triptych, the movie is novelistic, earnest and somewhat exhausting — an ambitious effort that tries to be many things. And it is definitely something: a sprawling, engaging study in fathers, sons and sins. The Place Beyond the Pines: Three-Part Disharmony 2013-03-29T03:33:57Z

“He was thoughtful and earnest and not doing anything for show, which was something that was surprising for me,” said Ms. Panda. Suddenly, These Law Clerks Were More Than Just Colleagues 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Galifianakis’s Gleasonesque movements and deadpan, behind-the-beat timing serve him well in this role, as does his ability to seem completely in earnest even when his actions and utterances are bizarre or nonsensical. | 'It?s Kind of a Funny Story': A Coming-of-Age Tale, Set Among the Sad 2010-10-07T23:19:00Z

Mr. Hudson traces Mr. de Sautuola’s struggles, framing them largely both as a family drama and earnest history lesson. Review: ‘Finding Altamira’: A Prehistoric Discovery, Vehemently Disputed 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

All they knew was this kid who was so incredibly earnest. The Cult: 'We're the Fulham of rock music' 2012-08-23T19:00:03Z

But as tragedies – terrorism, school shootings – multiply, will comedians find themselves forced into a corner, giving the same earnest address each time, with just the details changed? We expect comedians to comfort us: “SNL,” “The Daily Show,” and comedy’s new ritual of public mourning 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

Like Springsteen, Juanes invests many of his songs with an earnest sense of hope and moral fervor — particularly for world peace. Colombian superstar Juanes kicks off world tour in Seattle 2011-03-11T20:13:03Z

He was so earnest and so honest that games of political tact that his contemporaries played better, like Jefferson and Burr, he couldn’t play them.” Arts & Leisure: Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Rapping on Alexander Hamilton 2012-01-06T16:00:00Z

This earnest, dull film is not interested in the answers to that one. Conviction ? review 2011-01-13T22:29:01Z

The reason it works is because, much like cowboy hats and disco music, earnest is back. 'Women are so much more than the way we look': Brittany O’Grady on Apple TV's Little Voice 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

“The Avengers,” with its indulgent action shots of the heroes teamed up, posed or fighting side by side, synthesizes the razzle-dazzle of Hollywood with the earnest heart of fandom, giving us something epic to see. My Favorite Summer Blockbuster 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

“Probably all of us are. I think I can relate to that little guy. He was sort of all eager and earnest, trying to answer the questions.” “63 Up” and the Child in All of Us 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

“Japan has the cuddliest police in the world,” Mr. Parry writes, comparing them to “a tribe of earnest Boy Scouts.” Books of The Times: ‘People Who Eat Darkness,’ by Richard Lloyd Parry 2012-06-06T20:39:37Z

Jamie Lidell This willfully eccentric British soul singer has long sanctioned a dissonance between his albums, which skew nifty and earnest, and his performances, which go more for manic sprawl. Playlist: Music From Kris Kristofferson, Jamie Lidell and ?Treme? 2010-05-16T14:06:00Z

Now, however, those sections look slightly dated, a little like earnest modern ballet. Dance Review | St. Petersburg State Ballet Theater: Leonid Jacobson Showcase at Tribeca Arts Center 2010-03-21T21:46:00Z

An earnest primer on values that takes the whimsical form of a letter from an imaginary medieval knight to his children, it falls somewhere between celebrity vanity project and quirky philosophical commonplace book. Ethan Hawke: Actor, novelist — spiritual guide? 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

Other offerings felt aged: the earnest Beatles retrospective in the 694-seat theater, and the white-haired comedian who took the stage the following night. Cruise ships recruit a new crowd: millennials who like a late night 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

But it turns out this piece could use a bit more dazzle; Aimard’s earnest reading ended up feeling overemphatic and heavy. Review | Even a great orchestra needs a great conductor: Concertgebouw pales at Kennedy Center 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

Next to it, a “Manon” cart held rifles, a bird cage and, for the scene in which the luxury-loving Manon gets her earnest lover to gamble, a champagne bottle and a box of bank notes. The Met’s Herculean Task: 4 Operas in 48 Hours 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

She exudes a thoughtful warmth, calling to mind the word so often assigned to her by fans and critics alike since the start of her career: earnest. ’90s folk superstar Jewel is happy — finally. Now she wants to know: Are you? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

The group remains beloved for its historical musings, acoustic arrangements and earnest charm. Pop Music Listings for Sept. 25-Oct. 1 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

The movie rights were snapped up weeks after Ms. Shetterly sold her book proposal in 2014, and well before she started writing the book in earnest, a disorientingly fast, if exhilarating, turn. On Being Black Female Math Whizzes During the Space Race 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

“It became much more pronounced once Jack began it in earnest after Ellsworth died,” Ms. Gund said, adding, “He has so much to give away.” Honoring Ellsworth Kelly’s Work by Giving it Away 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

George is a librarian who, until recently, sported a thin gray ponytail; he enjoys earnest discussions about “the power of information, the marketplace of ideas, the future of the book.” Two Novels About Frustrated White Men, Thirty-five Years Apart 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

Almost any of the contenders could win: and it could even be Willem Dafoe’s year for his straightforwardly earnest portrayal of Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate. Oscar nominations 2019: Roma and The Favourite deserve acclaim, but no female directors is woeful 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

In other words, today begin your search in earnest for something that works. I’m doing my ex again — why? 2013-04-29T00:00:00Z

Like the novels that preceded it, “The Cursed Child” is stuffed with arcana-filled plots that defy diagrams and baldly wrought sentimental life lessons, along with anguished dives into the earnest, tortured solipsism of adolescence. Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Casts a Spell Onstage 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

But soon enough, the people watching experienced the lies a corporate-sold American dream can spin when the housing bubble — built on fraud, debt, earnest ambition and “Cribs”-like McMansion dreams — burst. How ‘MTV Cribs’ Rewired My Brain, and Maybe Yours Too 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

He didn’t start looking for his family in earnest until 2009, when he was made redundant. ‘I gulp back feelings of regret’: how I found my long-lost sibling 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z

Sitting on the floor with paper cups of red wine, in the shabby West Village apartment of a tall, earnest Frenchman named Michel, who’d crossed the ocean to study with Cunningham. New York City’s Gift of Motion: A 1970s Tale 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

Disappointingly, it was a mess, an earnest but shoddily made mess. Ellen Page: five best moments 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

Although it’s no longer her transparent soprano of the 1960s, that voice retains its earnest determination to tell deserving stories and to rally a social conscience. For Paul Simon and Joan Baez, Farewells Reckon With Past and Present 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z

It vacillates between being snide and earnest, mean-spirited and sappy, dour and bubbly. How to make "Glee" sing in its second season 2010-06-09T11:40:00Z

“Sometimes genre entertainment can illuminate troubling realities better than more earnest and self-seriously realistic films, and ‘Black and Blue’ belongs to that tradition,” Scott wrote. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Try Harder!’ and ‘Sheryl’ 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z

Among the first works on view at the Phillips are an earnest but rather clotted piece of juvenilia titled “Crucifixion,” painted in 1962, and dinosaur drawings from when he was about 8 years old. Review | George Condo is not as complicated as he thinks he is 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

But beyond the guffaw-inducing posts, there are earnest queries that reveal that the desperate search for rules on “like” and “love” is alive and well. Does he like me? 2012-10-11T00:00:00Z

Some months later I attended an earnest meeting with local leaders of GLAAD, who were deeply concerned about the epithet that sex columnist Dan Savage wanted readers to use when they wrote him letters. Et tu, Gawker: Can Nick Denton’s rebel tabloid empire be saved from slime and self-righteousness? 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z

As a couple, they tweet and retweet each other continuously, but only in the most earnest tones and only in service, it seems, of the cause of the moment. Power Couples on Twitter and Instagram 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

Her transition began in earnest in 2000, when she met a psychiatrist at London’s Charing Cross hospital to undergo assessment. Rebecca Root interview: ‘I’m not fighting myself any more’ 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

In recounting his story, Hancock has fallen into the same patterns for which his music has sometimes been criticized: more facile than compelling, more earnest than enjoyable. Book review: Herbie Hancock’s ‘Possibilities’

"I went home and was looking through some of them, and there it was," said Rorrer, who then began researching the collection's value in earnest. Childhood comic collection expected to fetch $2M 2012-02-22T17:02:44Z

"I went home and was looking through some of them and there it was," said Rorrer, who then began researching the collection's value in earnest. Inherited comic collection expected to fetch $2M 2012-02-22T02:37:29Z

But this moment, so earnest in its sentiment, is the heart of the movie. In Praise of Patrick Wilson, Scream King 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z

“Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals” sounds earnest, high-minded and dull, probably a worthy academic study revisiting territory mapped out long ago by Matthew Arnold and Lionel Trilling. ‘Self and Soul’: Mark Edmundson’s biting critique of modern complacency 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Mr. Nasheed, handsome and earnest, well dressed and well educated, seems at home in this world of global high politics, even as he is often exasperated by its dysfunctional aspects. Movie Review: ?The Island President?: Jon Shenk Documentary at Film Forum 2012-03-27T18:12:38Z

Whether she is describing Dellarobia’s malcontented, ambitious in-laws or the environmentally earnest rubberneckers or Feathertown’s rumpled young preacher, she never employs, as she says of one character, the “ordinary tools of contempt.” Books of The Times: Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Flight Behavior’ 2012-11-18T22:17:53Z

Credit for this feat can be spread around: it begins with their earnest and sweaty experience as a throwback bar band in a scene more accustomed to rewarding the stylish and self-conscious. New Music: New Albums Include ‘A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’ 2012-08-13T22:29:39Z

Typed in italics and peppered with smiling emoticons, Mom’s electronic missives are as precious as she is — as earnest as the Empty Tomb Cake she bakes each spring on Good Friday. Honey, we’re praying for you 2013-03-31T01:00:00Z

The segment, which the show re-aired Monday night, was offbeat and earnest — the kind of segment you’d only see on “The Nightly Show.” As ‘The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore’ says goodbye, late night loses its underdog 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

Of the two volumes, “The Misinformation Age” takes the more methodical and earnest approach. Why Fighting Fake News With the Facts Might Not Be Enough 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

And about six years ago they started in earnest, improvising with abandon and playing all the characters as they went. In ‘Barb and Star,’ an ode to middle-aged joy and culottes 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

He became intensely earnest, explaining that Dean had changed his approach to acting and to life. Dennis Hopper's strange, brilliant career 2010-05-29T18:04:00Z

And in the closing moments end he delivered earnest thank-yous to the production staff, guests and the "Colbert Nation" of fans that buoyed his antics ranging from running for president to sponsoring the U.S. Stephen Colbert conquers death in 'Colbert Report' finale, prepares for next step 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

I never saw it in its first version, but everything I read about it suggested that it was a caring, earnest piece of social work set to song and lodged immovably in its own time. Review: Homeless Teenagers, Strutting and Seething in ‘Runaways’ 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

As a guest conductor, he struck me as earnest; with his own orchestra, he dances. Review | Noseda, NSO find the fun in a sacred and profane program 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

Ms. Goldstein doesn’t lose her cool over standardized tests and charter schools, able to see both as earnest but imperfect sutures on the battered corpus of American public education. ‘The Teacher Wars,’ Dana Goldstein’s History of Education 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

Working more in earnest over the last few years, the Idea partners combed literature about memorials. What to do at Auschwitz? Hide site behind logs, Idea Office proposes 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

The letters reached for the other extreme, summoning a super-powered small boy with “special gifts … so earnest and enquiring”. After 40 years I finally tracked down my dead brother 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

The banality of the movie’s sentiments is matched by the banality of its execution—its generically prettified and manicured cinematography and the earnest and tamped-down performances. The Petty Laments of Yorgos Lanthimos’s “The Lobster” 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

Robin Williams' crossover began in earnest with "Good Morning, Vietnam" in 1987. 'Tammy' not much fun, and a talented McCarthy needs to wise up 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

And it is hard not to admire the earnest artistry on display, even though it may also be hard to be as moved or enraptured as you suspect you should. Review: ‘The Red Turtle,’ Life Marooned With an Ornery Reptile 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

According to Dreyfus, Gandolfini will be seen playing a "very kind-hearted, earnest, dear man" who is "really not far from who he really was". Co-star sings Gandolfini's praises 2013-07-31T10:00:11Z

Tepponen’s performance of the score’s greatest hit, the “Letter Song,” is earnest and heartfelt if not enrapturing. Seattle Opera’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ is fine but could offer so much more 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

With its earnest passion, “If Beale Street Could Talk” evokes America’s own sordid mockery of the pursuit of happiness. The Politics of Memory in Barry Jenkins’s “If Beale Street Could Talk” 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

The concerted effort to Make Noah Cyrus Happen began in earnest a year ago with the release of “Again,” an ill-advised and limp collaboration with the controversial rapper XXXTentacion. Bhad Bhabie and Noah Cyrus, Invented From the Ground Up 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

It’s too dense, too grim, too earnest, too masculine. The dangers of auteur TV: How “True Detective” went from critical darling to laughingstock 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

And then the gaslighting begins in earnest, as they negotiate what was real and what was not: Was Matthew, Stan’s son, ever part of the scam? “The Americans” Finale Was Elegant, Potent, and Unforgettable 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

These indelible photographs deserve better music than Mr. Dessner’s thin, earnest worship. Review: Mapplethorpe Inspires a Composer’s Meager Tribute 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

There’s something both deeply earnest and slightly disturbing about the runaway success of these works of Trumpology. Everyone is reading books trying to explain Trump voters 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

And nice guys won out — at least in TV comedy, where “Ted Lasso,” Jason Sudeikis’ show about an endearingly earnest American coach transplanted to cutthroat British football, swept the Emmys. Britney, Bennifer, Beatles and Broadway: Pop culture in 2021 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

The album’s soft illumination and pop inflection hardly disguise its earnest intent, and you might reasonably have expected it to inform Mr. Metheny’s stand at the Blue Note this week. Music Review: Pat Metheny at the Blue Note - Review 2011-10-14T23:15:27Z

And then Bob takes out a room full of Russian mobsters, and the fun — which is to say the escalating bloodshed — begins in earnest. Denzel Washington Exacts Vengeance in ‘The Equalizer’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Ms. Zink has a confident feel for the dynamics of a group house, and for the lives of young, earnest, befuddled, middle-class kids who will sacrifice a good situation in order to believe in something. Review: Nell Zink’s ‘Nicotine’ Is Hard to Put Down, Despite Its Unruly Plot 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

Yet those questions are barely answerable in earnest books by thoughtful biographers. Review: Puttin’ on the Pathos in a Tribute to Irving Berlin 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

I thought this was going to be another earnest tome of nature writing. A Book About Nature That Is So Much More 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

It opens as a dystopian novel: It’s 2038, and climate change is decimating humanity in earnest. Review | ‘Greenwood’ is an absorbing saga of families and trees — and how they survive 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brad Paisley's country music career started in earnest at Belmont University. Brad Paisley endows scholarship at Belmont Univ. 2012-03-28T21:04:12Z

With theaters reopening in earnest after being shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, studios that had been delaying big movies are testing the waters with high-profile titles. Perspective | Hey, Hollywood: Want to get us back in theaters? Try giving us the next ‘Magic Mike’ or ‘Girls Trip.’ 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

Not glamorous, romantic “Downton Abbey,” but homespun and earnest “Antiques Roadshow,” where Civil War firearms, Tiffany lamps and autographed baseball cards are the stars. PBS’ hit ‘Antiques Roadshow’: a treasure nearing 18 seasons 2013-07-05T22:49:35Z

Rooney is by all accounts plenty earnest herself, but she has the necessary gift of complicating that — even poking fun at it — in her work. Sally Rooney and Love in the Time of General Systems Collapse 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

If Paris couture is about history, craft and masters, the new Mugler is about nonspecialists, quick communication and downgrading the role of technique and craft, at least in the heavy, earnest sense. At Mugler, Genius and Its Limits 2011-03-23T22:23:43Z

Aly is an earnest, tireless compiler of the often arcane or overlooked, yet there is something raw, never quite finished, if always usefully suggestive, in his approach. What Were the Origins of the Holocaust? 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

By turns earnest and wicked, sweet and sarcastic and unsparing, Mr. Richards, now 66, writes with uncommon candor and immediacy. Books of The Times: A Writing Stone: Chapter and Verse 2010-10-25T18:28:00Z

Cynics may scoff, but for earnest seekers, it’s a truly heartening sign of faith in art’s indispensable if fragile power to transform our world. Review: Robert Irwin Shows a Calming Installation at Dia:Beacon 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Asked if a successful performance in “Dead Poets Society” could steer his career in a new direction, Mr. Sudeikis turned unexpectedly earnest. For Jason Sudeikis, It’s Time to Seize the Stage in ‘Dead Poets Society’ 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

The project was monumental and modern, with earnest allusions to ancient Athens. A Notoriously Jinxed Concert Hall Is Reborn, Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

His collaboration with Picasso began in earnest after he first saw the groundbreaking “Demoiselles d’Avignon” in Picasso’s studio in late 1907. Art Review: ?Georges Braque: Pioneer of Modernism? - Review 2011-10-13T22:30:51Z

Oliver joined the show in 2006 – earnest, bespectacled and with thick eyebrows usually hitched into startled mode, he instantly proved the perfect foil to Jon Stewart's suave authority. An Englishman in New York 2011-07-23T23:04:11Z

On the last day of December, the countdowns started in earnest. Revisiting Millsberry: The wild rise and fall of General Mill's virtual cereal-themed town 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

This might work if the clichés were ironized or if the characters had inner lives, but the stock scenarios are deployed in earnest, and inside the characters’ heads we find bundles of pat insecurities.” Granta's Best Young American Novelists in L.A., #FollowMeBook and more from the literary web 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

The funny thing about “Biography of a Phantom” is, after you wade through the trigger warnings, how earnest and low-key and appealing McCormick’s manuscript is. A Biography of a Blues Legend, Five Decades in the Making 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

Between songs, Ms. Arocena was an endearing storyteller, explaining some of her songs with earnest sincerity and wry twists. Review: Daymé Arocena Mixes a Cosmopolitan Vibe With an Earthy Tone 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

It was an earnest and convincing display from a designer who's widely considered among Paris' most promising emerging talents. In Paris, the classic suit gets a poetic makeover 2010-06-27T00:10:00Z

She then launched into “Fight Song,” the ubiquitous song that brought Platten her first platinum glories, and the earnest cliques formed all over again. Rachel Platten is making up for a late start 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

She might even push him to pursue the lurking serial killer in earnest. ‘A Dark, Dark Man’ Review: Murder and Corruption in Kazakhstan 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

The presenters at the awards ceremony made an earnest effort to focus on greater issues, but here are the four times they fell a little flat: The VMA’s 4 most awkward attempts to be socially conscious 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

It’s an earnest reminder of the simple majesty of music, even in the disposable age of iTunes. Music powers rebirth in ‘Begin Again’ 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

The result is earnest, funny and a little surrealistic. Self-published zines are back as artists respond to our reality in quarantine 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z

The offering is meant to be both humble and full of pride, deferential and assertive, combining sincere homage and earnest self-affirmation. 2010-01-20T05:23:00Z

You felt sorry for the earnest, sorrowful Aegeus of Matthew Singer. Music Review: Opera Omnia?s ?Giasone,? at Le Poisson Rouge - Review 2011-09-03T00:00:03Z

The previous year, Curtis had been paired with Sidney Poitier in “The Defiant Ones,” an earnest attempt to promote what used to be called brotherhood. We Still Like It Hot 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

It was musicmaking so powerful, grounded, earnest, and incontestable that it was all but overwhelming. Review | A mother and son making beautiful music together 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z

A lot happens in the hour and half, and the play ends with a series of earnest speeches, leaving very little unsaid. ‘Chimichangas and Zoloft’ by Fernanda Coppel 2012-06-05T02:00:00Z

These are earnest and well intentioned but small bore given the scope of the problem she so vividly illustrates. Why We Let White-Collar Criminals Get Away With Their Crimes 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

My drinking career took off in earnest when I went to university aged 18. Glass half empty: the hangover from hell that made me tackle my drinking 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z

My Darío journey began in earnest a few years ago when I got in contact with a German immigrant who moved to Nicaragua in the 1990s. The Inescapable Poet of Nicaragua 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

In the meantime, they’re groping their way to oblivion with a touchingly earnest anger, confusion and whatever forms of self-medication come to hand. Theater Review: David Rabe?s ?Early History of Fire,? at the Acorn Theater 2012-05-01T02:00:00Z

Together those elements created a singalong populism that laid the groundwork for a folk-music boom in the 1950s and 1960s and its concomitant earnest strain of 1960s counterculture. Ronnie Gilbert, Folk Singer for the Weavers, Dies at 88 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z

As treasurer of the Heritage Society there, her immersion in traditional music began in earnest. June Tabor: watery, not grave 2011-02-10T22:30:01Z

The book, a kind of Space Age “Da Vinci Code,” inspired a goofy German documentary and, if memory serves, some earnest, anxious debates among sixth-grade protogeeks who shall remain nameless. Movie Review: ‘Prometheus,’ by Ridley Scott, With Noomi Rapace 2012-06-07T12:44:28Z

It's enough to make one wonder what might be the coffee-language currency of a modern-day Kathleen Kelly, dogged owner of an endangered independent bookstore with her earnest, whimsical style and unwavering ethical compass. The extremely '90s history of the flavored latte 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z

But not to make too much of the choir’s failure to match its own lofty standard: the earnest and ebullient spirit so reliably delivered by the boys counted for much. Music in Review 2011-02-20T23:48:45Z

But I didn’t really start it in earnest until August of last year, just as my morning sickness was getting really bad. Rachel Bloom’s Life Is an Open Book 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

Her memoir, “Whistleblower,” is a methodical and earnest retelling of one woman’s effort to go to school and do her job in environments that were actively hostile to her existence and well-being. Review | ‘Whistleblower’ and ‘Uncanny Valley’ offer a chilling look at life in Silicon Valley 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

The book, at heart, is a psychological study of an earnest, wounded man, and this passage feels like we’re getting to the bottom of things. Perspective | Prince Harry doesn’t need to explain himself anymore 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

So "High School" holds a special place for her as a window into her earnest identity as an artist. Country Star Kelsea Ballerini Takes the Reins on Sophomore Album 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

There are moments, though — and they come more often as the episode goes along — when the tone turns a little more earnest and brushes up against the sentimental. ‘Marry Me’ on NBC and ‘Uncle’ on DirecTV 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

Called "Yes Please," it is, as Poehler fans might expect, funny, wise, earnest, honest, spiritually ambitious, occasionally self-indulgent and structurally messy. Amy Poehler memoir 'Yes Please' is smart, funny, a little messy 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

The band usually frames his earnest high tenor with methodically picked, interlaced guitars, structures that can swell from within. Critics? Choice: Brooding Now Laced With Hope 2011-05-30T21:33:36Z

Yet for all earnest attempts to rebrand the word as something beautiful, for a great many of us, it's the nuclear option of vocabulary. Let’s not normalize the c-word: Why the “worst word” you can call a woman matters 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Some may smile a little at this earnest and high-minded movie now, but it is very watchable, with a heartfelt belief that Van Gogh’s art can be understood by everyone. Kirk Douglas at 100: a one-man Hollywood Mount Rushmore 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

That is, up until the two-thirds mark, when the movie paints itself into a corner and presses the “earnest sentimentality” eject button before managing a narrow escape. ‘Joy Ride’ Review: A Raunch-Com Roller Coaster 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

The film was lauded by critics for its funny and earnest treatment of a sensitive topic. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Snowfall’ and ‘The Great Food Truck Race’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

Both she and her husband are expected to campaign in earnest for Clinton in September and October. Team Clinton has found its secret weapon for the fall campaign: Michelle Obama 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

That’s where this memoir, a soul-stirring account of one man’s long road to redemption, begins in earnest. Books of The Times: ?In the Place of Justice,? Wilbert Rideau?s Prison Memoir 2010-05-04T22:14:00Z

But it's hard to argue with the weather calendar, and August is about when hurricane season begins in earnest. Pair of stunts has networks thinking 'Sharknado' 2013-07-31T23:06:40Z

Cleaving is, however, a much livelier book than Committed, in the way that your narcissistic pal is more riveting than your earnest, loyal girlfriend. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z

He sat there with an earnest look of concern. “I’m jumping off the bridge” 2012-08-03T23:30:00Z

There's video of Stewart and David Axlerod avoiding, laughing off and minimizing an earnest student's question last year about Louis CK's then rumored behavior. Jon Stewart and Robert Smigel Craft a Comedy Benefit at a Polarized Moment 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

Still, these and other highlights are salted in among far too much work that’s more earnest than interesting, and laid out in an unconsidered, one-thing-after-another way. A Deluge of Art at the Carnegie International 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

It said on Monday that O'Brien began negotiations in earnest with the cable channel just last week. Conan O'Brien makes surprise move to TBS 2010-04-13T06:49:00Z

While depicting the deep and complex roots of tradition, the earnest film is not bolstered by an equivalently subtle sense for storytelling. Movie Listings for Oct. 30-Nov. 5 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

“Scandal” and “House of Cards” threaten to become as earnest and wistful as “The West Wing” was back in the Bush years. Poking at Politics, Without a Stick, on Big and Small Screens 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

That night, it began to rain in earnest. Hiking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal Before Roads Take Over 2010-03-20T00:19:00Z

He is an unapologetically earnest guy who, when he gets excited about a shot working or a line of dialogue landing just right, exclaims things like “Yahtzee!” John Krasinski and the Tense Wait for ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

“What Lasts,” the group’s fourth album, is full of big questions and close observations, both presented in an earnest, unguarded tone. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Korn, Currensy and Tom Jones 2010-07-26T00:05:00Z

Ms. Kelly, 28, has embraced the way that many Gen Z and millennial internet users talk about mental health and engage with serious topics: with a casual, memeified openness that is both earnest and comic. Prozac Nation, Meet Lexapro Sweatshirts 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z

Maybe earnest peacocking naturally ran its course in rock; maybe R&B has seized it for good, preserving it in humor. Music Review: Chris Cornell, Solo, at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-23T23:03:46Z

The lawman’s earnest efforts are a sideshow to the main drama, though, which pits Tigrero and his minions against a solitary avenger known as Silenzio. Review: ‘The Great Silence,’ a 1968 Spaghetti Western Unchained 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

The forthcoming week sees awards season kick off in earnest, with Wednesday's Bafta nominations followed by Thursday's Oscar nominations which is in turn followed by Sunday's Golden Globes prize-giving ceremony. Oscars 2013: which films will prevail? 2013-01-08T11:54:30Z

The exhibition’s name invokes the Eastern exoticism of Scheherazade, but the show is in earnest about its claims. Exhibition Review: A Golden Age in Science, Full of Light and Shadow 2010-12-09T23:34:00Z

I started researching in earnest what I began calling "forgotten fruit desserts." Use your garden bounty to make green tomato crumb cake 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z

She does so with a blitheness that often makes more earnest intentions hard to discern. Review: ‘Fit for a Queen’ Sees ‘Dynasty’ Centuries Before the TV Show 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

He stood at a keyboard to play an earnest electric-piano intro to “Peaches” before getting back to the dancing. Bieber wows A-list crowd at pre-Super Bowl ‘Homecoming’ 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z

Never mind that as a comic, Noah couldn’t be more different than Stewart – Stewart’s standup always had elements of frustration and neurotic energy, while Noah’s features more disbelief and earnest enthusiasm. Late-night tales: how a new crop of TV hosts is reinventing an old format 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

Which shouldn’t be too surprising, when you realise there is a whole industry, literally, a whole self-help industry consisting of earnest books and stripy jumpers and diets, selling us tricks to appear more French. The hidden costs of vanity 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

He is elusive and conniving, earnest and manipulative, brutal and desperate. A First Novel Explores Zimbabwe’s Troubled History 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

Relentlessly earnest and emphatic, however, it overstayed its welcome. BalletX Flaunts Its Seriously Absurd Style 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

In these moments, “Partita” can start to feel like a college dance — earnest and derivative in its quest to experiment. Review: At City Ballet, Giving Voice to the Body, With Sneakers 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

In the middle of his three-octave G Major scale, the lights went off and I was left looking and listening to a very earnest, bearded young man illuminated by the light of his computer. Beverly Hills teacher finds violin and Vivaldi in a time of war 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z

It was the first award presented that evening, and Woodson’s earnest excitement was contagious. “This is why we are tired”: Racist remarks mar National Book Award ceremony 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

Yet Moby’s earnest dedication to the craft of writing — to creating a book enjoyable on its own terms — makes it harder to view “Porcelain” as merely the latest diversion for a wealthy dilettante. Moby goes where Brian Eno, and his ancestor Herman Melville, went before 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

Suggestions from avid language-watchers have begun in earnest, with topical, useful, obscure, and just plain ugly words among them. War of wordcraft: invitation to write dictionary puts language nerds on alert 2012-07-18T11:08:04Z

On June 30, the boys’ bodies were found in a field near my host family’s home in Halhul, a village just outside the city, and a week later, the war in Gaza started in earnest. I’m an American Jew. Palestinians tried to kidnap me. Then we became friends 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z

In most of their exchanges, Mr. Halpern plays the role of muse and cheerleader as Ms. Tan oscillates between earnest reflection on her work and crushing self-doubt. Amy Tan, the Reluctant Memoirist 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

He’s handsome, unpious and as ribaldly earnest as Fleabag is raunchily sarcastic. Review: As She Was Saying, Brilliantly, in a New ‘Fleabag’ 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

Everyone’s favorite aardvark and his goofy pals made the leap from books to television in 1996 and for 25 seasons maintained an earnest, admirable quest for compassion and learning. Best TV Shows of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

“Mad Tiger” is entirely earnest in its affection, even when Red shows up at Purple’s first show, seriously irritating Yellow. Review: ‘Mad Tiger,’ or the Story of Peelander-Z’s Near Breakup 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

And this, I suppose, is my own argument with this earnest, gorgeous, at times frustrating film. ‘A Hidden Life’ Review: Refusing Hitler, Embracing Beauty 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

She likes to begin sentences with “My thing is...,” peppers conversation with “totally” and “awesome,” and speaks about herself as an actress with an earnest delight in self-discovery. Condola Rashad Shows Star Qualities in ?Stick Fly? 2012-01-04T22:54:01Z

Dr. Joy Browne, the syndicated radio and television psychologist who dispensed advice and earnest inspiration over the air for nearly four decades, died on Saturday in Manhattan. Dr. Joy Browne, Long-Running Psychologist of the Airwaves, Dies at 71 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

I think it surprised people when he started taking a stab at real, earnest storytelling.” Daniel Clowes?s Retrospective at the Oakland Museum 2012-03-30T13:43:38Z

I dated an earnest German who believed the internet would save democracy. How Should I Respond to Overzealous Gestures of Sympathy? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

“The Ground Breaking” is filled with moments like these — candid and self-aware, undergirded by Ellsworth’s earnest efforts to get at this history, and to get it right. A Skillful Narrative of Excavating the Truth About the Tulsa Race Massacre 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

He recently retired from that job and is restarting his musical career in earnest. George Johnson’s joyful jazz was a lifetime in the making 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

“It settles your tummy,” he said, his hazel eyes earnest. Sam Rockwell, Screendom’s Slinkiest Rogue 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

Caine is as earnest while blubbing through the "sponge out the writing on this stone" speech in front of Scrooge's grave as he is yakking it up with Beaker and the gang post-epiphany. The Muppet Christmas Carol – review 2012-11-22T22:15:01Z

The festival begins in earnest Thursday night with screenings of four films. Redford: Diversity reigns at Sundance Festival 2013-01-17T22:10:11Z

“Jagat” is on the earnest and didactic side, but Mr. Perumal exhibits some assurance in his directing debut and gets a winning performance by Mr. Raj. New York Asian Film Festival Is Having a Southeast Asian Moment 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

As our reviewer, Sadie Stein, commented, Williams’s “earnest, sympathetic and all too conscientious” account may also be the most definitive. New in Paperback: ‘A Little Devil in America’ and ‘My Friend Anna’ 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

A latecomer to dance with a background in football, he began training in earnest at 18, learning from YouTube videos of dancers he admired. WilldaBeast, and Other Forces to Be Reckoned With 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

The sequence “Station Island,” from 1985, put advice in the mouth of James Joyce: “don’t be so earnest, / so ready for the sackcloth and the ashes . . . You’ve listened long enough. Now strike your note.” How Seamus Heaney Became a Poet of Happiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

It’s an earnest film, one that glows with pride at Aboriginal resilience. ‘The Legend of Molly Johnson’ Review: Reclaiming the Australian Frontier 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

“Me and my writing friends can’t get published, at least not the things that we were writing sincerely and in earnest,” Dovlatov explains in the film’s opening scene. A Russian Writer’s Lessons for Being a Nobody While Being Yourself 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

Their story gives ballast to the High-Dynasty conflict between Cookie and Lucious, and that may help the show strike a better balance than its country cousin Nashville, which has lurched from earnest to outlandish. Review: A Swaggering Empire Remixes the Primetime Soap 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

It was a characteristically raw moment for Mr. Shelton, who over the last two months has emerged as the spiritual conscience of “The Voice,” an earnest and warm coach with a naughty streak. Arts & Leisure: Country Boy for the Whole Country 2011-07-07T11:35:08Z

Viewed through cynical eyes, the coffee shop might look like fodder for the satirical television series “Portlandia,” which pokes fun at the region’s cultural quirks and earnest, progressive ideals. Overnighter: Astoria, Oregon, Discovers a Waterfront Chic 2011-03-25T18:55:00Z

He has, he claims, heard every line of the script said in earnest. John Cusack: ‘Hollywood is a whorehouse and people go mad’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

But the foraging started in earnest when Mr. Steinruck led us 10 minutes off the main path. Journeys: Hunting for Mushrooms in Colorado 2011-09-09T18:55:14Z

Once we got an offer on our Hudson Valley house, we started looking in earnest for a place in Connecticut. The frittata that bought us a house 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z

McQuarrie, taking that inner seriousness seriously by filming Cruise’s stunt work with an earnest exaltation, unintentionally diminishes its power. The Vacuum-Sealed Efficiency of “Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation” 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

The comments in question, which he has made no earnest apology for, centered on Black people and his referring to them as a "hate group." "Was it something I said?": “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams reacts to cancelation post racist outburst 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z

The hosts are ridiculed mostly for their gullibility in accepting their guest’s clowning in earnest. Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America?” Reviewed 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

Nor is Mr. Earle’s Ferdinand, who speaks in a high-pitched, nervous tone that brings a quirky comic edge to this most earnest of young lovers. ‘The Tempest,’ á la Steampunk, in Cambridge, Mass. 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

Overall, though, the show consistently hits the right notes: earnest but not preachy, moving without ever being manipulative. Sex Education: in praise of the raunchy yet heartfelt Netflix comedy 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

When he finally came up he realized that I was angry in earnest this time. Scuba Diving in Thailand: A Balancing Act 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

As early as 1916, he wrote: "We need new instruments very badly … Musicians should take up this question in deep earnest with the help of machinery specialists." Edgard Var?se: in wait for the future 2010-04-08T21:30:00Z

He frequently buoys his earnest singing with an unusual, quavery vibrato, an effect he accentuates by moving his mouth back and forth in front of the microphone, like a nervous tic. Built to Spill is built to last | Concert preview 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

He took his earnest tenor to Nashville in 1959, and by the next year he was a member of the Opry. George Hamilton IV, 77, Country Singer 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

I began swimming in earnest last August at a local Y.M.C.A., enrolling in a monthlong adult swim class with a couple of women in their 70s. Julie Otsuka Dives Into the Underground World of the Community Pool 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

The earnest naiveté borders at times on the unintentionally comic. ‘Swim Little Fish Swim’: Couple struggles to stay afloat 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

An earnest ring of about thirty people sat at tables and in single chairs around the perimeter of the little room, enraptured. Listening to Devon Sproule 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

He studied music in high school and, after serving in the Army and attending Clark College and Howard University, moved to New York in 1962 and began his musical career in earnest. Marion Brown, Free-Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 79 2010-10-24T04:38:00Z

Ms. Solomon filled her own Twitter feed with a standard mix of the silly, the irreverent and the earnest. She Worked for Twitter. Then She Tweeted at Elon Musk. 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

Here’s what Warner Bros. and DC think we need: another superhero movie about an earnest young man suddenly forced to shoulder responsibility and fight for justice. ‘Blue Beetle’ Review: A Hero Story That’s All in the Family 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z

The road to becoming Superman began in earnest when Chartrand was a senior at Jersey Community High School. St. Louis Superman started in high school 2010-10-06T20:58:00Z

But it was interesting to hear a relatively dry, albeit earnest reading of his “Ständchen,” one of the most sensuous songs in the repertory. Tenors show two facets of recital tradition 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

When darkness falls and prime-time television begins, earnest activism is replaced by tense scenes of conflict unique in their breadth. Peaceful protesters get lost in action-packed coverage 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

It will meditate — at length, in earnest, often graphically — upon whatever life, death and love can presently mean. Review | Sigrid Nunez’s ‘What Are You Going Through’ is an ambitious novel about the meaning of life and death 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

“Promised Land,” directed by Gus Van Sant, is an earnest attempt, sometimes effective, sometimes clumsy, to dramatize the central arguments about fracking and its impact. Movie Review: ‘Promised Land,’ With Matt Damon, Directed by Gus Van Sant 2012-12-27T23:24:39Z

More practically, it works as an expressive emblem to go along with Mason Sr.’s absences, his careless parenting, on-and-off facial hair and earnest bohemian rhapsodies. Movie Review: Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ Is a Model of Cinematic Realism 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

And throughout Sunday, she found several ways — some earnest, some petty — to stay at the forefront of online discussion. Want to Be Heard During the Grammys? Maybe Stay Home 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

So the train reference qualifies as an earnest literary allusion. Review: Jill Alexander Essbaum’s ‘Hausfrau,’ a Good Wife, With a Few Caveats 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Cash of the Titans The rush to 3-D began in earnest early last year, with much tub-thumping about how A-list directors like Steven Spielberg and James Cameron were testing the format. The 3-D Pileup: Too Many Movies, Not Enough Screens 2010-04-02T07:15:00Z

Still, given the out-of-the-box means by which "Andor" augments what we know about "Star Wars," returning to familiar digital explosions, glow-stick fencing matches and earnest blather about searching one's feelings feels like a regression. Why is "Ahsoka" so intent on maintaining the old "Star Wars" order instead of forging a new path? 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z

When they optioned our “life rights” — giving filmmakers the right to our story and securing our cooperation — I had little expectation it would be produced, notwithstanding their earnest commitment. I’m in ‘Spotlight’, but it’s not really about me. It’s about the power of journalism. 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

Immediately after, the action begins in earnest: “One day a young prince lost his way in the woods, and the two-faced witch welcomed him warmly, but she was actually plotting to kill him that night.” A newly discovered trove of unknown fairy tales: ‘The Turnip Princess’ 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

Simpson’s music career didn’t begin in earnest until his mid-30s — he knew what life was like before it, and was mentally prepared for life after it. Sturgill Simpson Leaves His Old Sound (and the Spotlight) in the Rear View 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

“It began in earnest only with the first conversation, which is both the source and the goal of language.” How Language Came to Be — and How We Use It Today 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Your early work will probably be too earnest and overwrought and snarky, and you’ll try too hard to sound ironic and erudite, but if you keep at it, you will get better and better. Salon’s guide to writing a memoir 2013-01-20T23:00:00Z

Neither do the film’s actors, who seem uncertain where to land on the continuum between arch and earnest. Review: In ‘Ava’s Possessions,’ Fallout From a Lost Month of Demonic Activity 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

With Eastwood aboard, Cooper, who was about to earn his Oscar nomination for "American Hustle," began to prepare in earnest. Makers of 'American Sniper' press ahead to tell a tale of war and home 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

After World War 2, servicemen returned from the South Pacific with stories of their travels and the craze picked up in earnest. Notes on cocktail camp: From tiki to the boozy juice box, a celebration of the unstuffy drink 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

He didn’t study the instrument in earnest until he was 15. Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes: A Diary of an Influential Life 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z

It was one of several pinch-me moments from the endearingly earnest rural King County star who’s too cool to play it cool. Review: Brandi Carlile’s epic Gorge bash Echoes Through the Canyon punctuates incredible run 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z

Roach Motel: Penned roaches, but also they import ants, if being earnest.” Style Invitational Week 1288: Your results may vary—write a funny disclaimer/warning 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

And yet, hidden in my earnest exultation of Afropolitan-ness was an old and deep unease with being, very simply, African. Taiye Selasi: "I'm Afropolitan dammit!' 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z

A charming, earnest, sometimes ungainly mixture of history, criticism and high-minded gossip, “Notfilm” testifies to an almost inexhaustible fascination with the pleasures and paradoxes of cinema. Review: ‘Notfilm’ Tells How Beckett and Keaton Collaborated 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

She fit the profile of this docile, earnest opera, which strove so mightily and so dully to fit some kind of perceived mold but sadly proved as insubstantial as its heroine. Review | ‘Marnie’ is all too insubstantial at Met Opera premiere 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z

Signing up are the proud, aggressive Angelus Lipahi and the earnest, hardworking Ezekiel Afara, both inspired by glossy magazine images of surfing superstars. Movie Review: ?Splinters,? a Documentary on Indigenous Surfing in Papua New Guinea 2012-02-03T01:45:32Z

The show, whose first four episodes are scheduled to be posted on Thursday on AOL, is earnest in its deconstruction of the talk-show format. ‘Park Bench,’ on AOL, With Steve Buscemi 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

Mendes raises the stakes and accelerates the plot, pushing Hilary and Stephen through a series of crises that weigh the movie down with earnest self-importance. ‘Empire of Light’ Review: They Found It at the Movies 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

His core interest, it seems, is an earnest, stolid belief in rock’s power to soothe life’s inconsistencies. Review | ‘Letter to You’ is a concept album by, and about the endurance of, Bruce Springsteen 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

So if you make your way up there And watch the Lord relent And grant some sinner’s earnest prayer, Please try not to dissent. Style Invitational Week 1212: The Tile Invitational IV 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

In an earnest attempt to address the ragingly unfair clichés of the past, we often portray singles as superhuman, as ultra-confident heroines who never get wistful at weddings or nervous on dates. Stop telling single women they’re fabulous! 2014-02-05T13:00:00Z

Wholesome, earnest dreams for wholesome, earnest kids - except for the resident bad boy, that is. Capsule reviews: `Fast Five,' `Prom' 2011-04-27T13:28:09Z

Eventually both sets of parents arrive, and the drama begins in earnest. The heartrending "Mass" is a somber and intimate look at the survivors of a horrific crime 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z

How many people between the ages of 18 and 24 are earnest Rolling Stones fans? Are young people being priced out of music festivals? 2013-05-17T16:16:03Z

Mr. McEwan’s little homunculus is, by turns, earnest, mocking, sarcastic, searching and irreverent, especially when his mother has had several glasses of wine and he’s reeling from a contact high. Review: ‘Nutshell,’ a Tale Told by a Baby-to-Be (or Not-to-Be) 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

The project’s title is a hyperbolic lark—there are some twenty-four thousand restaurants in the city—but my motivation is entirely earnest. Drawing the Vanishing Restaurants of New York 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

When asked about it as a guest on “The Late Show,” Jon Stewart only became earnest when he pleaded for free speech. When Jewish Artists Wrestle With Antisemitism 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

The show is earnest in its investigation of what he abashedly calls, in an introduction to the first episode, “meaning of life stuff.” Seeking Wisdom From an Undervalued Resource: Older People 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

The piece was, at its best, the rambling mash note of a fan girl, reports from an accidental stalker, an overly earnest feminist treatise. Dirty, sister, daydream: I wanted Kim Gordon’s bad-assitude 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

But, as his obituaries in 1896 made clear, he was more widely seen as a strangely solitary Austrian church musician with oversized ambitions whose sprawling symphonies were earnest yet awkward and self-indulgent works. Music Review: An Unlikely Pair, Making Musical Sense 2011-07-14T23:06:24Z

For me, it is Brooks in his full, earnest, bombastic, schmaltzy, show-stopping glory: posing ridiculously on album covers in ugly shirts, striding around onstage, sweaty and a bit out of breath, serenading cancer patients. Garth Brooks: Country Music’s Square, Liberal Dad 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

For all its echoes and allusions, “La La Land” is too lively and too earnest for mere pastiche. Review: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Aswirl in ‘La La Land’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

He halts and turns to me, his expression suddenly earnest. ‘We’re never going to bed’: children rewrite the house rules 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z

Sam, played by Scott Bakula, was an earnest everyman, not to mention a brilliant physicist, and he was trapped in a time-travel loop. Is it better to leave our favorite childhood shows and movies in the past? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

It is two levels removed from the earnest paean to Southern life we hear today. Tim McGraw sings. Jon Meacham talks. This is not your regular book tour. 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

These issues are for the most part voiced by small farmers, counterculture types and others who are earnest but don’t bring much gravitas or scientific evidence to the case. Review: In ‘Seed: The Untold Story,’ It’s Farmers Versus Big Business 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

As earnest as these explanatory efforts were, much depended on how closely viewers stayed tuned in, scholars who studied the news media’s coverage said. Is election night broken? TV news stuck to old routines amid voting upheaval — and confusion followed. 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z

In her book, Fonda details her endearingly earnest attempts to get to grips with the climate crisis. Jane Fonda: ‘I'm very rarely afraid. Maybe emotional intimacy scares me’ 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z

The Muppets have always satirized showbiz conventions—they are, after all, essentially hack performers, earnest wannabe singers, actors, or comedians eternally looking for their big break. Remember When the Muppets Were Subversive? 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

“Enlisted” is sunny and earnest, and it’s packed with jokes. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

This trend began in earnest after the successful resurrection of Gucci in the late 1990s. Fact-laden Schiaparelli biography gives little shape to the woman or her designs

While promoting his foray into "serious cinema," an absurdly earnest tale of a Haitian slave uprising entitled "Uprize!" Chris Rock dons three hats for latest film, 'Top Five' 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

The “High School Musical” update is geared to a tween or maybe younger audience, so it’s not going for gut-punches or twists so much as straightforward conflict and earnest determination. ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’: The Review 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

Many of Lucas’s videos emphasize his music’s occasionally heavy-handed nature — it’s an approach that’s earnest, but not always effective. Review | Joyner Lucas has a heavy-handed message, but makes it look good 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

A scene in which she torments an earnest, robo-calling pollster is especially funny, and a nice respite from the mostly dour material. | 'Bridesburg': ?Bridesburg? at Gene Frankel Theater - Review 2012-01-23T22:55:31Z

Ms. Moore’s career reflects an earnest attempt to fill this void. In Wayétu Moore’s Ambitious Debut Novel, Liberia Is Reborn 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z

Those who have already fallen under “Jane the Virgin”’s earnest spell know that the show plays all the above drama with more than just a wink. The unexpected miracle of “Jane the Virgin”: Her surprisingly realistic television pregnancy 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

Ziff waited until after high school to pursue her career in earnest. Model's documentary exposes fashion's darker side 2010-09-27T17:58:00Z

Charlie is the earnest bloke trying to save his late father’s failing shoe company because the jobs of people he has known since he was a child depend on it. Review: A Faithful ‘Kinky Boots,’ With All Its Pizazz and Pitfalls 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

And that is perhaps the best descriptor for Buruma’s own earnest, youthful engagement with pleasure in his chosen locale. Coming of Age as Performance Art: An Outsider in 1970s Japan 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

And then I realized that Ward III works as well for the earnest, serious drinker as for the Twinkie-toting one, because it’s not really encouraging reckless abandon. The Tipsy Diaries: Customized Cocktails at Ward III in TriBeCa 2010-08-19T22:00:00Z

When rehearsals began in earnest, they said, he seemed resistant to direction from Ms. Chavkin. Race, Money and Broadway: How ‘Great Comet’ Burned Out 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

“Think Like a Man” is occasionally funny, though its dirty riffs — most provided by Kevin Hart as the Happily Divorced Guy — are as formulaic as its earnest parts. Movie Review: ?Think Like a Man? Brings Steve Harvey?s Book to Life 2012-04-19T23:53:05Z

Swift's transformation from precocious teenage country-pop singer and songwriter into a full-blown pop star, which began in earnest on "Red," is fully realized in "1989." Taylor Swift connects with fans via 'secret sessions,' media blitz 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

In conversation, Lieu is far more cautious and earnest than he is in his Twitter ripostes, and polite to a fault. Ted Lieu is out-tweeting Trump, and it’s making him a political star 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

An earnest singer-songwriter, her voice is sweet and her her song subjects — from budding love to break-ups to “what am I doing with my life”-type explorations — all pleasantly familiar. Music Monday: Kathleen Edwards' Voyageur 2012-01-23T18:02:37Z

It’s a didactic comedy, an earnest lesson in political economy dressed up as a farce. ‘The Laundromat’ Review: Meryl Streep in a Cycle of Spin 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

But in the late 1970s, medical men were still having earnest discussions in the pages of medical journals about whether menstruating women emitted a poisonous substance called menotoxin, that made flowers wilt. The search for the multiple orgasm - does it really exist? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

Well, the campaign in earnest starts here in the Observer as Rattle talks to me ahead of conducting El Sistema's latest bloom, the Teresa Carreño orchestra, in Berlin. Simon Rattle: Abreu deserves the Nobel peace prize 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z

But when these things get going in earnest, we never catch up.” Hollywood on edge as another writers' strike looms large 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

Being slightly too earnest in a hard-edged industry that clomps her around like a pair of shoes in a tumble dryer? Zip it, Kim Kardashian – Taylor Swift is the Marmite we're all coming to love 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

A stop-Romney strategy session of evangelical Christian leaders planned in Texas next weekend was only one manifestation of a party that remains splintered as the primary season begins in earnest. As Romney surges, GOP divisions sharpen 2012-01-09T02:26:00Z

Short link for this page: http://gu.com/p/3exzt High time for a quick primer before hostilities kick off in earnest. Oscars 2013: live! 2013-02-25T01:16:07Z

Dano, who has managed to look and behave uncannily like the 1960s Wilson, portrays him as very much the solitary genius who is sincere and earnest about his work. Uneven 'Love & Mercy' saddled with one Brian Wilson too many 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

In a 1999 episode of the Bravo show, an earnest, shaggy-haired Cooper asks guest Sean Penn a question from the audience. Bradley Cooper on 'American Sniper': Chris Kyle 'didn't really leave me' 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

While you dig into this — please do, in earnest — express gratitude often for your partner’s patience. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Your childhood trauma isn’t healed by bubble-wrapping your kid 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

I erred on the side of earnest over bad jokes. Comedian Marc Maron finally having his moment 2013-05-02T18:07:09Z

As earnest as McElhenney is about the generous aspect of his second act — using his own success to create security and opportunity for others — he is aware that he’s partly motivated by self-interest. It’s Always Sunny With Rob McElhenney 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

It also answered a question that had been lingering over the series for its entire run: When would the cannibalism start in earnest? ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: Dig In 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

As ever, Ursa Minor lives and dies by the effort of Michelle Casillas, an assertive lead singer and a broodingly earnest songwriter. Playlist : For Longtime Artists, Dawning of a New Day 2011-07-17T01:30:27Z

Her new album, “Rise Up,” pushes ahead with her mission of creating earnest, energizing music that mingles Neville Brothers funk, classic hip-hop and 1980s jazz fusion — while addressing the present moment. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

It was an anti-commercial, do-it-yourself, earnest alternative to another 1950s phenomenon, rock ’n’ roll. Review: ‘Folk City’ at the Museum of the City of New York 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

And in recent years, the pianist Aaron Diehl often seemed like gleaming proof of that idea, an embodiment of jazz historicism at its most earnest and refined. Review: Aaron Diehl’s ‘Space Time Continuum’ Is a Jubilant New Album 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

But when it started happening in earnest, we didn’t want to lean into this. Jason Jones Moves ‘The Detour’ From Trailer Park to Central Park 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

Yankovic seems naturally sunny and earnest, and, by this point, he’s an industry insider, with Grammy awards and platinum albums of his own. Weird Al Yankovic Endures 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

For another, its tone, at least at first, would appear to be arch instead of earnest. Let’s Play ‘Underground Railroad Game’: A Lacerating Comedy on Race 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

Also missing are the three boys the ladies summon to point the earnest Prince Tamino on the path to rescuing fair Pamina. Music Review: A Streamlined ?Magic Flute,? Reimagined by Peter Brook 2011-07-07T22:03:44Z

Because of his vivid personality and fondness for show business dish, Mr. Vilanch, serving as M.C. for the fourth time, steered it in a comic direction to the disadvantage of the more earnest performers. Music Review: Nightlife Awards Presented at Town Hall 2013-01-16T22:49:17Z

Around 11, her spark for the guitar returned in earnest, and she starting writing songs, emailing the owners of restaurants and coffee shops to book her own sets. An Indie-Rock Star at 18? Snail Mail Is Figuring It Out 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

Mars created it to explore her compulsion to be funny, both on stage and off, and gradually realised that humour was, for her, an avoidance of responsibility, a fear of appearing earnest. The great comedy ambush 2013-01-09T19:00:02Z

Interview With My Bully: I admit it — I was a bully Valerie Jones was an earnest sixth-grader with glasses, braces and a bladder control problem. Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

After her adoption, Beth's unique Bildungsroman begins in earnest as she travels the country and then the world to earn prize money at chess tourneys and seek the respect from mostly male peers. "The Queen's Gambit" is the sexiest and most thrilling TV show about chess you'll ever watch 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

Here was the first black president, whose very existence evoked earnest desires of hope and change. The most memorable comedy moments of the Obama presidency from SNL to ‘Luther the Anger Translator’ 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

They were frothy but earnest shows, set in distant times and foreign lands, with titles like “Mata Hari” and “Pleasures and Palaces.” Review: ‘Anastasia,’ a Russian Princess With an Identity Crisis 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Price said in an email that he was skeptical at first, but was won over because they were “just nice as pie and so determined and earnest.” Stand-Up Comedy Beyond the Brick Wall 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

And for an anime that’s beloved for its cast of characters — its earnest do-gooder hero students and fascinating villains — all except Rody are ignored for the sake of a formulaic plot and forgettable antagonist. ‘My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission’ Review: Boy on the Run 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

He was focused squarely on me, undistracted and earnest in a way I hadn’t experienced since moving to New York from Atlanta four years earlier. Auditioning for the Role of Boyfriend 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

This is what happens when people equate seriousness with worthiness: We get a full slate of earnest, po-faced nominees. Don’t Sleep on These 6 Performances During Awards Season 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

It was still ludicrous, of course, but in a much more earnest, straightforward way. When good TV goes bad: how House of Cards came tumbling down 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Carlson-Wee’s poem might seem like a more earnest, if linguistically twisty, attempt to channel a homeless person trying to appeal to passers-by for some change. A Poem in The Nation Spurs a Backlash and an Apology 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

More important, the arias were so callously apart from the pathos of Schubert’s earnest lad that they added telling perspective. Schubert's lonely hearts club band and a heart throb tenor 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

Both the conversations and interior monologues proceed in a tone that you might call mock-heroic if Richards and Crandall weren’t each so pungently earnest. Books of The Times: Rick Moody?s ?Four Fingers of Death? Dips Into Absurd 2010-08-16T22:24:00Z

This earnest confession leads to her being locked up — ostensibly because she’s a suicide risk — at first for 24 hours. Review: In ‘Unsane,’ It’s Not Paranoia if Someone’s After You 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

He displays the earnest manner and sense of wonder that most people lose by their teenage years. Joe Pera and the Surprising Pleasures of Gentle Humor 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

Boss is a swing-for-the fences drama that can be as reflexively cynical and brutal about politics as The West Wing was reflexively hopeful and earnest. Starz?s Politics Drama Boss: Powerful But Messy, Just Like Its Subject 2011-10-21T12:23:02Z

With impeccably crisp phrasing, the earnest and playful Macntaj cuts through any beat he graces, delivering motoring tongue twisters, soulful reflections and half-sung passages with precision and personality. 16 of the best Seattle albums from 2021 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

Here the earnest wrestling is with how we think about mortality. In Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Horror-Tinged New Novel, a Mesmerizing Star Appears in the Sky 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

Once the globe-trotting begins in earnest, private planes figure in the story and Langdon calls his publisher to ask for one. Books of The Times: ‘Inferno,’ by Dan Brown 2013-05-12T21:14:59Z

I can’t suggest much else in earnest, though, because your behavior here wasn’t the problem. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: What’s so rude about gift cards? 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

He began writing in earnest in his 20s, when he was living in Japan and teaching English. ‘The Bone Clocks’ Is David Mitchell’s Most Ambitious Novel 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

There's more comic than dramatic possibility here, but "The Cut" opts to treat the matter in deadly earnest, for the most part. Review: 'The Cut' at Open Circle Theater delivers little pleasure with its close shaves 2011-01-20T23:40:05Z

Her earnest perkiness, recognisable from her turn as Community’s relentlessly bubbly ingenue Annie, is on display, too. Alison Brie: ‘If you’re imagining me from Mad Men, you’re in for shock therapy’ 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

What it doesn’t exactly conjure is an earnest discussion on “the art of choreography in our world of mutating pleasures.” New Steps Ahead in the South of France 2011-12-11T05:00:17Z

Once the base line was established, our tour began in earnest. O, San Francisco, land of flour and honey

Ms. Adu, who sings and plays the piano, offered a late-night set of her earnest, intimate songs, her voice trembling with childlike vulnerability. At Ojai, Peter Sellars Has a Personal Yet Global Playlist 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

“It wasn’t like we were really earnest about this,” said Mr. Wink, the group’s big talker despite his years as a silent Blue Man. How Blue Turned to Green: Blue Man Group at 25 Years 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

It tumbles into pastiche just when it should be swooning and sighing with earnest emotion. ‘Crimson Peak,’ a Guillermo del Toro Gothic Romance in High Bloody Style 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

Essential Pineapple Dance Studios Update Last week they had aliens dancing in a field to the Prodigy's Out Of Space cut with shots of an earnest crop circle meeting in a pub. From Big Boi to Pretty Green, this week's winners and losers 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z

When they involve other accessories, such as trained attack dogs, horses in a New York stable, and motorcycles, they’re deadly earnest and play out as ridiculous but not funny. “John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum,” Reviewed: Empty Fight Scenes with a Paranoiac Chill 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

The writing that it published was, by turns, stylish, crude, sarcastic, earnest, goofy, and snarky, even verging on mean. The Ham-Handed, Money-Driven Mangling of Sports Illustrated and Deadspin 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z

They sit, wide-eyed, at the intersection of consumerist kitsch and a surprisingly earnest engagement with current events and history, to say nothing of the meticulous craftsmanship required for their construction. Peeps Dioramas and Their Surprisingly Long Prehistory 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Robert Ashley is no longer with us, but his voice — calm, mellow, reassuring, quizzical, amused, earnest — lives on. Review: ‘Quicksand,’ Robert Ashley’s Enigmatic Spy-Thriller Opera 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

"The Taqwacores" is an earnest and awkward attempt to address issues that should be meaningful to at least some segment of hip, intelligent young people: cutting-edge punk rock and modern Muslim identity. 'The Taqwacores': An 'Animal House' of Muslim punk rockers 2011-02-10T20:49:05Z

There's the odd overly earnest moment, but the way the script ratchets up the tension is hugely impressive. Tonight's TV highlights: BBC Proms 2010: Sibelius's Second Symphony 2010-08-25T23:05:00Z

Mr. Clooney is wry and gruff, and then earnest and amiable, in a role that dozens of actors could have played. Review: ‘Tomorrowland,’ Brad Bird’s Lesson in Optimism 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

“Let me assure my fellow colored citizens the earnest wish to see justice done the colored people in every manner,” he declared in an open letter courting African-American leaders. In ‘The Moralist,’ Woodrow Wilson and the Hazards of Idealism 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

Through evocative, plain-spoken prose Justice Sotomayor engages in an earnest, soul-searching look back at her childhood as the daughter of Puerto Rican parents and at her education and years as a lawyer. Books of The Times: ‘My Beloved World,’ a Memoir by Sonia Sotomayor 2013-01-21T23:11:43Z

And here we are a month later, getting ready this week for Diwali in earnest. In my mother's kitchen, Diwali came early this year 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z

He looked so … earnest, and increasingly like fresh meat. Anonymous strikes back 2012-06-03T13:00:00Z

She is also as earnest in her love for her craft as she is genuinely talented — a combination that earns the freshman the coveted role of Lady Macbeth in her Minnesota college’s production. Review: Without Bloodshed, the Ingénue Takes the Lead 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z

A handful of star-heavy dramas have still slugged their way onto major studio schedules for the awards cycle that will begin in earnest with the opening of the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. ?The Fighter? Has a Long Count Before Its Release 2010-08-09T22:03:00Z

I think I do my best work when I'm just opposite one of these guys and I play it very straight, very earnest, and let the comedy come from that. “We can't stop”: Dave Franco and Alison Brie make working with your spouse look easy 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z

What follows is a breathlessly earnest sermon on the effectiveness of smiling, giving praise, avoiding criticism and remembering people’s names. ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’: Why the granddaddy of self-help endures 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Talk about racial inequity went from platitudes to earnest conversation. Best Classical Music of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

Starting out with a blast of profanity and sexual brazenness, it lands in a zone of earnest, sloppy weepiness. | 'Dirty Girl': ?Dirty Girl,? Starring Juno Temple and Jeremy Dozier - Review 2011-10-06T21:14:14Z

Surface gleam counts for a lot in the music of MercyMe, a contemporary Christian rock band with a knack for earnest bombast. Making Merry With Music 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Something similar is at play in the work of Rex Orange County, a young British lounge-soul singer with a firm grasp on kitsch and devastatingly earnest lyrics. The New Indie Pop: Off-Kilter, Handmade, Whimsical and Emotional 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

Her arias on Sunday were steady, careful, earnest. Review: Anna Netrebko Sings Her First ‘Aida’ in Salzburg 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

After years of restless reinventions, it sounds like Cyrus has found a fitting context, and as a bonus, rock music has found its most earnest and high-profile millennial ambassador. Miley Cyrus Finally Embraces Her Rock ’n’ Roll Heart 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

And Ted becomes the catalyst for this mass evolution by wielding an optimism that is earnest and mostly real. The "Ted Lasso" way is comforting – and a counter to the hollow nationalism Americans have embraced 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

Despite its title, Andrew Delbanco’s “The War Before the War” isn’t so much about confrontation as it is about the earnest, and often self-defeating, methods used to avoid it. How Fugitive Slaves Exposed the Idea of the ‘United’ States as a Lie 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

But then this beautifully designed, maddeningly aimless show starts in earnest, and demonstrates how difficult it is to theatricalize a mindscape. Review: Up All Night, With Rebecca Hall as Muse, in ‘Soundstage’ 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

Charles Isherwood of the New York Times wrote that "it’s hard not to root for this ambitious, earnest musical," but it has its "share of nagging flaws." Sting musical 'The Last Ship' opens on Broadway to mixed reviews 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

“In a lot of programmes, if you slip up, you’re out,” said Ray MacQuatt, the earnest, endlessly patient Shepherds employee who runs the Oaks. The shelter that gives wine to alcoholics | Tina Rosenberg 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

The fall TV season will start in earnest the week of Sept. TV Picks: The new 'Terriers' on FX 2010-09-07T21:32:00Z

As Hollywood got involved, the generational pie slicing began in earnest. From 'Maleficent' to 'Game of Thrones,' a magical time for adults 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z

It’s an odd case of the ironic outsider clashing with earnest New Yorkers. Buddy Emmons, innovator on pedal steel guitar, dies at 78 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

“Camelot,” saddled with an earnest book that ties itself in knots in the struggle for a lighthearted tone, doesn’t attain the witty heights of Lerner and Loewe’s earlier “My Fair Lady.” Review | Modern-day Washington giving you the blues? As a pick-me-up, try a dose of ‘Camelot.’ 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

"The Man Who Couldn't Stop" could easily get bogged down by jargon and theory, but Adam's voice is earnest and self-aware, punctuated by moments of wry humor. 'The Man Who Couldn't Stop' a rich, reasonable look at OCD 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

The sympathetic young actor Jacob Lofland lights up the American independent movie “Little Accidents,” an earnest, schematic, pocket-size drama about three people struggling under the weight of a calamity. ‘Little Accidents,’ an Independent Movie by Sara Colangelo 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

I started writing in earnest when my kids were really little. Q&A: Author and anesthesiologist Carol Cassella 2014-03-07T19:47:14Z

An earnest young police officer in Ithaca, New York, bravely captured the holiday season’s biggest curmudgeon, the Grinch. Watch the Grinch Get Shamed in Court for 'Stealing Christmas' 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

In earnest, I just caught the bug, baby! Janelle James Loves Being a Bad Boss in ‘Abbott Elementary’ 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z

The company usually favors more earnest stories about gallant heroes and pure-hearted maidens, its upended casting put to the service of the most conventional kind of sex roles. From Japan, a ‘Chicago’ You Probably Haven’t Seen 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

His persona is earnest, curious and resolutely decent, the sane Everyman at the center of a circus. Critic’s Notebook: The Rise of the Anti-Talk Show 2012-06-07T21:51:11Z

“Langston in Harlem,” an earnest new musical at Urban Stages, turns Hughes’s blues- and jazz-inflected poems back into songs but loses their essence in the process. | 'Langston in Harlem': Langston Hughes Poems Become Songs at Urban Stages 2010-04-20T21:21:00Z

It does, however, sound different—the urgent, wistful piano, the earnest attempt at singing, a bit of melodic sweetness. Our Favorite Dylan Lyrics 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

In due course, a promotion that began as an earnest attempt to help government employees had turned into something of a money pit. D.C. restaurants grapple with drop in business from government shutdown 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

In shielding ourselves from criticism, we are anything but earnest; ultimately, our apathy is a reflection of our insecurity. Are millennials too cool for sincerity? The truth about our love affair with irony 2014-05-11T10:59:00Z

In September 2016 we moved to Kiev and my roots adventure began in earnest. On Christmas Eve in Ukraine, the Church Is Chilly (or Is It?) 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z

Bess may sound embarrassed when she says, “My stuff seems earnest,” but “Little Voice” isn’t making any apologies. Review: ‘Little Voice’ Is a Twee Musical Fairy Tale 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

I will say that I think there are a lot of earnest, genuine artistic talents trying to get their work seen, though. Comics artist Scott McCloud on art, death and drawing bad sculpture 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Maitland's versions are earnest and endearing, a world away from Angela Carter's savage and anarchic marvels. Gossip from the Forest by Sara Maitland – review 2012-10-27T23:25:11Z

Returning to New York, Mr. Rakoff worked as an editor and publicist for various publishing companies before gathering sufficient nerve to pursue writing in earnest. David Rakoff, Award-Winning Humorist, Dies at 47 2012-08-10T15:50:38Z

But the series got under way in earnest on Thursday evening, with a program of Terry Riley’s music at Zankel Hall. Music Review | Kronos Quartet: At Carnegie Hall, an All-Riley Evening of Peace and Hope 2010-03-12T23:00:00Z

“We intended her to be smart, just overly earnest.” ?Parks and Recreation? Finds Its Legs on NBC 2011-10-05T22:00:14Z

But it’s also an earnest look at a story we rarely see: how mothers can reinvent themselves and their relationships with their adult children for the better. The Year Women Over 50 Reclaimed Their Right to Be Seen 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

As at Shaw Bijou, Kith and Kin still tells the story of the Bronx-born chef’s life, but the narrative is shared via the printed menu rather than the lips of overly earnest waiters. Review | With Kith and Kin, Kwame Onwuachi’s second act delivers promise 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z

Ken Burns is often the butt of jokes because of the earnest style and excessive length of his PBS miniseries, but few documentarians are as deft at turning dusty historical archives into compelling drama. Noel Murray's best DVDs of 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

One longs for the comic Williams to burst forth and give this earnest but murky play a swift kick in the pants. Not Just For Laughs: Stand-Up Comics on Broadway 2011-04-26T09:00:00Z

Ty Burr of the Boston Globe called the film "intelligent and earnest," and said it "works well enough to keep a doubter from feeling mugged by sentiment." 'The Fault in Our Stars' is out for tears, and gets them, reviews say 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

“Compared to everyone else, people think what I do seems very earnest,” says Little Voice’s lead character, Bess, less than five minutes into the show’s opening episode. 'Women are so much more than the way we look': Brittany O’Grady on Apple TV's Little Voice 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

During the two-hour set he often sang, in vague but earnest terms, about prying open the self to some greater emotional truth. Music Review: Seal and Macy Gray at the Beacon Theater 2012-07-20T21:43:04Z

For a few minutes, the nerdy, earnest multicultural vision of 1960s television is brought to life in the digital present, giving rise to an exciting sense of continuity. Movie Review: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ Directed by J. J. Abrams 2013-05-15T17:31:02Z

The now legendary West and Swift feud began in earnest seven years ago, when West fearlessly jumped the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards to steal the spotlight from best female performance winner Swift. Kim Kardashian won this round of the Taylor Swift-Kanye West feud 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z

Brian Jacob asked in an earnest blend of excitement, triumph and urgency. Meet the People Who Can’t Get Enough Hotel Points (You’ll Learn Something) 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

Like the TED Talks millions love, and some love to rip apart, Mr. Anderson is high-minded but sometimes inaccessible, forward thinking to the point of “whoa,” and so earnest it can be easy to smirk. Chris Anderson, Curator of TED Talks, Builds his Brand 2014-03-07T21:53:45Z

But these are deeply moral, indeed earnest, works – a mode which is, in itself, unfashionable. Grayson Perry's tapestries: weaving class and taste 2013-06-08T08:00:41Z

His batch of new films — a goofy sex farce, an earnest morality tale and a bloody crime thriller — suggest an eagerness not just to keep busy but also to stretch. the new season Film: Ryan Gosling and ?Ides of March? 2011-09-14T12:00:05Z

But what was once impassioned and earnest became patronising and self-righteous, and what had seemed effortless began to overreach. When good TV goes bad: how The West Wing went south 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z

"Today, I urge every Christian to stand with the people of Ukraine and the Ukrainian church. We offer them our earnest prayers, our hope and our support as they weather this darkest time." Prayers for Ukraine: American faith leaders share their fervent concerns 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

Miranda, who first met Sondheim at 17 and began corresponding with him in earnest while writing “Hamilton,” said he was initially afraid of intruding on Sondheim’s time. Cherished Words From Theater’s Encourager-in-Chief 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

As a result, readers can note the progression from earnest “apprentice” works and experiments with form to the polished brilliance of her best-known stories. The Harlem Renaissance Through Zora Neale Hurston’s Eyes 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

Comments range from outrageous and implausible to well-researched and seemingly earnest. Where cannibal role-play lives 2013-02-25T22:31:00Z

She knew who she was — an earnest, happy, hard worker. In Hollywood’s golden age, no dancer rivaled Debbie Reynolds’s high-stepping joy 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Most Christmas variety shows play right into that sweet, earnest nostalgia but in a completely different way than the classic movies watched year after year. Love Christmas Variety Shows? Go Ahead, Take Another Helping 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z

There’s a bone-dryness to Fox’s earnest but thoroughly unnecessary remake of the 1975 cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which comes with the subtitle “Let’s Do the Time Warp Again” and airs Thursday night. Fox’s ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ remake squeezes out the very last drop of camp 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Eckhart was delivering an especially earnest and cliché-ridden monologue, meant to be intense and ferocious, to his battle-weary men when one guy behind me started to crack up. "Battle: Los Angeles": Bizarre fantasy of imperial decline 2011-03-10T02:01:00Z

I am a few pages from the end of Tom Holland’s marvelously readable “Rubicon” and about a quarter of the way through Mary Beard’s somewhat more earnest “SPQR.” Niall Ferguson: By the Book 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

The Martha Graham enterprise is growing quainter and quainter, though heaven knows it remains earnest. Dance Review: Martha Graham’s Company Offer Some of Her Greek Myth Dances 2014-03-20T23:13:59Z

This earnest novel jumps into the heads of many other characters, some quite peripheral to the accident itself. Review: Bill Clegg’s ‘Did You Ever Have a Family’ Heaps One Tragedy Upon Another 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

First novels can be too earnest, but they can also be dazzlingly wise. ‘Pleasure, Obligation, Curiosity, Inspiration’: What’s on Marie Arana’s Nightstand 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

Scottish turns 50 this year, and a birthday season begins in earnest after the summer. Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci – review 2012-06-06T17:31:41Z

It was an earnest, personal touch, but the crowd didn’t seem particularly interested. Bryson Tiller presents his evolution of rap and soul at Fillmore 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

But an earnest determination to use his fame to lift Houston also seems to weigh on him. The Face of Houston’s Diverse Dining Scene Is a White Guy From Nebraska 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

So, at first, her very moving and earnest words were met with a few giggles. Sandra Oh saved the Golden Globes: The good, bad and ugly of the 2019 awards 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

“His earnest faith and sanctity were an odor that had forever threatened to adhere to her,” Franzen writes, “like the smell of Chesterfields, only worse, because it couldn’t be washed off.” Review | Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Crossroads’ represents a marked evolution in a dazzling career 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

The earnest pleas in “You Belong With Me” and “Love Story” still had their old bite. Taylor Swift, Pop’s Maestro of Memory, Returns to the Stage 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z

First watch a little of “Falling Water,” the earnest and somewhat indecipherable new USA drama about three people who experience vivid dreams. Review: On Adult Swim, He’ll See You When You’re Sleeping 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

Turning earnest, Clark explained that she actually derives as much benefit from doing her radio show as any of her listeners. Community Radio Fights to Stay Live (and Weird) Despite Coronavirus 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

But an earnest, unabashed want to find “the one” is increasingly characterised as cringeworthy. Love Is Blind shows us the problem with the single positivity movement 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

Though he didn’t start writing in earnest until after he was on the mend, Mr. Reiser said focusing on the movie helped him channel his anxieties into a creative outlet. The Carpetbagger: For '50/50's' Writer, the Hardest Part Was the Drama 2012-01-13T19:56:38Z

And that’s exactly what happened, say people at McQueen familiar with the making of the dress, which began in earnest shortly after the March shows. Critic?s Notebook: Into the Spotlight, Gently 2011-05-04T21:37:42Z

She's not judgmental at this obvious and earnest display of queerness. Before it was cool or safe, Olivia Newton-John was a queer icon and ally 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

He studied journalism at the University of Missouri, after which he began writing fiction in earnest. Richard Matheson, Writer of Haunted Science Fiction and Horror, Dies at 87 2013-06-26T03:29:59Z

The book he published earlier this year,”Mother of God,” combines adrenaline-fueled stories about his adventures in the rainforest with an earnest call to preserve the natural world. Meet the man who was (maybe) devoured by an anaconda 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

You go to Trump events for "The Daily Show" and have sincere, earnest conversations with people, even though you're being playful. Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

“Really, Barth’s mind, so invariably earnest, always penetrates to some depth tonic for me,” Updike wrote. Edward Hirsch’s ‘Gabriel’ and Christian Wiman’s ‘Once in the West’ 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

As with the Truman Capote bit, the most earnest scenes in Annie Hall are just everyday moments. Annie Hall at 40: ranking the film's funniest moments 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Some appear earnest but hint at untold stories. Still Life: Comedy Cellar, Where Past and Present Meet 2012-07-31T15:53:48Z

The sedate and earnest nature of the event was disrupted by comedian Michelle Wolf, the evening’s entertainer, who predictably went after Trump in a routine that swerved from raunchy to downright nasty. At the White House correspondents’ dinner, the buzz was reduced to a snore — until Michelle Wolf showed up 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

Sung by three staff-carrying mountain oracles, it establishes the earnest, portentous tone of this new musical having its world premiere at Village Theatre. ‘Trails’ a cross between love triangle, buddy road trip 2013-03-18T21:40:23Z

And so we started to play around with ideas that began in earnest just in, how do we do this? Resurrecting "Hellraiser" Cenobites as part of "an interrogation of how we negotiate our desires" 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z

“Popular fiction was too popular,” he wrote, “and literary fiction too earnest”: Writers of so-called serious fiction shared one dominant characteristic—their fiction was first and foremost about themselves. The Life of J.G. Ballard: An Alien Among Us 2013-01-24T14:15:39Z

As the eldest son for most of the show’s run, Mr. Grady was the family’s earnest grown-up-in-training and the most frequent recipient of the fatherly advice that capped almost every episode. Don Grady, Who Played Robbie on ‘My Three Sons,’ Dies at 68 2012-06-29T03:01:00Z

"And Anne Hathaway looked a little earnest for my taste," Mulroney added. Well, at least Canadian viewers liked the Oscars 2011-03-01T02:43:35Z

"He does push towards the melodrama, right, push it towards the earnest, but ends on some devastatingly funny unexpected image or moment or line." The lesson of "Six Feet Under," 20 years later: "We're not really as in control as we all think" 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

I do know that it will get attention because of who I am, but on the other hand I am a sort of earnest amateur. James Franco on Daddy: ‘Our end goal doesn't depend on me being Beyoncé’ 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

The polite conversation skates over race and the idea of foreignness, with each guest trying to outdo the next with their earnest political correctness. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – review 2013-04-15T08:00:02Z

It was earnest and domestic and largely traditional, a conspicuously well-made drama rather than a zeitgeist-y identity comedy. Review: ‘The Chi’ Returns to the South Side of Chicago 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

It turned out that the whole thing was a hoax dreamed up by the advertising firm that handled Rolling Rock, though other companies, including Coca-Cola, had investigated this idea in earnest years before. Review: ‘The Attention Merchants’ Dissects the Battle for Clicks and Eyeballs 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Here, however, Barnes and Clark shaded their strutting with such earnest desperation that the scene became a metaphor for the vulnerability and social awkwardness in all of us. Review | Cheap wine and cheese puffs are only the beginning of this ‘Happy Hour’ 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

It was made with earnest care and honorable intentions, and concludes with a recitation of one of Charles Bukowski’s best poems. Review: In ‘Beautiful Boy,’ a Writer Confronts His Son’s Meth Addiction 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Portraying the bakery as a microcosm of America, the documentary proceeds in a straightforward, earnest manner. Review: In ‘The Hand That Feeds,’ Workers Rise Up at a Hot & Crusty 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

They represent an unusually earnest, and long overdue, effort to explore a fascinating question: What is it like to live or work inside a piece of art? 2010-01-30T05:18:00Z

“It was a long journey to find myself,” said Mr. Esposito, whose earnest, meditative streak is leavened by a deep, disarming laugh. Giancarlo Esposito, an Actor Known for Divergent Roles 2012-06-01T04:30:02Z

His earnest belief in himself is both funny and dismaying, and his complete indifference to ethical boundaries makes for some slightly guilty fun. ‘Nightcrawler’ Stars Jake Gyllenhaal as an Obsessive 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Henry’s earnest novel is about a jaded romance author and stagnant literary writer who rotate into each other’s orbits for the summer, much to their mutual dismay. 15 feel-good books guaranteed to lift your spirits 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z

The result, “The N.R.A.: The Unauthorized History,” is an earnest and refreshingly even-tempered, if not entirely thorough, account of the most feared lobbying force in America. How the N.R.A. Became ‘the Most Feared Lobbying Force in America’ 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

In an earnest voice, he looked at me and said, “You’re black.” The Other Talk 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

It was part motivational speech and part soliloquy, a free-form rant that was angry, insolent, but also gracious and earnest at times. Charlie Sheen brings rambling road show to a close in Everett 2011-05-04T20:05:06Z

The Andris Nelsons era at the Boston Symphony Orchestra will begin in earnest on Sept. ArtsBeat: Andris Nelsons to Open Boston Symphony Season With a Flourish 2014-03-05T19:45:37Z

Servers are cheerful and not excessively earnest about the health stuff. Vegetables With Benefits at ABCV 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z

But this was scripted, and in typical Death Cab for Cutie fashion everything was mild, earnest and professional. Death Cab for Cutie's experimental "You Are a Tourist" video: what is it? 2011-04-06T17:00:09Z

They found laughs in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, with the Fox sitcom “The Last Man on Earth,” and in an earnest ’80s TV drama, with the “21 Jump Street” films. ‘The Afterparty’ Is a Genre Romp Wrapped in a Comic Mystery 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

The critics — the ones who called him pretentious and too earnest and too overly serious for a movie star — became a force he worked in contrast to, a dark shadow that rode alongside him. Ethan Hawke Is Still Taking Ethan Hawke Extremely Seriously 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

In Act 2, the mood turns, engendering earnest songs of longing and regret. At Village, ‘The Tutor’ makes music of literary, familial angst 2014-03-26T00:49:46Z

Garfield plays Jeb, an earnest Mormon who dismisses his wife's concerns about his mother's dementia and would sooner blame anyone, at first, other than Mormons for these heinous crimes he's tasked with investigating. “Under the Banner of Heaven” sags with the heavy weight of history 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

It showed proper respect because it treated its subject for what it was, and part of that was not to assume belief is always completely earnest. Lourdes: realistic about religion 2010-04-07T11:00:00Z

Depictions of sober folk tend to be earnest and altruistic, but humans drag so many bad habits into sobriety, and in Chip, we see a fairly common subspecies: the recovery dude as charming cad. TV’s quiet 12-step revolution: Prestige comedies are changing the way we see addiction, sobriety and AA 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

Her new passion started in earnest last December, when she transformed herself into a character from Attack on Titan, a manga series about fearsome giants that prey on humans. She Brings Comic Book Characters to Life 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Here, however — despite the earnest title “Tristes Tropiques,” referring to the dated Claude Lévi-Strauss anthropology classic — the work gains from altitude and becomes a welcome project in critical cartography. 6 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

Only occasionally do the characters seem much more than earnest archetypes in a fairly familiar, melodramatic story. Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s new musical is pretty big on pretty 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

In comparison with the “White Elephant Art” of other “true” crime films and TV shows, the presentation of “Murderer” is earnest, unkempt, and completely self effacing, with the filmmakers nowhere in evidence. Obsessed with “Making a Murderer”: Why Netflix’s engrossing documentary on crime and corruption became a break-out hit 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

Tracks such as White Shirt and Opportunity are not so much songs as grooves, knotted swathes of Hammond organ, wah-wah guitar and shuffling drums over which singer Tim Burgess ladles his earnest drone. The Charlatans 2010-06-02T20:46:00Z

He died, for instance, before Europe undertook in earnest a re-examining of its wartime past. Two Groups Rekindle Fight Over Anne Frank 2013-06-16T21:25:04Z

"But these are challenges which we will meet, and we'll begin work in earnest in the New Year." off was cavalier - MPs 2012-12-20T14:45:03Z

“Tom is such an earnest, hard-working guy, you just want to trust him,” Mr. Eggers said. ‘A Hologram for the King’ Finds Tom Hanks in the Desert, Desperate to Sell Phantoms 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

It was a good 24 hours before I felt able to start exploring in earnest. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one

Then, perhaps, you graduate to supercilious or, worse, earnest snobbery. Hating Renoir is Just a Phase 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

As on any deeply felt record made by a young 20-something, “Montero” ricochets from cravings of momentary lust to earnest pleas for a more lasting love. Lil Nas X Reveals Himself on ‘Montero’ 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

And, in the final moments as he enters with the dead Cordelia in his arms, Hicks treats "Howl, howl, howl" not as some sky-rending cry but as an earnest injunction to the assembled company. King Lear ? review 2011-03-11T00:02:03Z

"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry": Say the words "political dissident," and you tend to think of a deadly earnest character. May 19 at SIFF: 'Eden,' 'Ai Weiwei,' 3 Minute Masterpieces 2012-05-18T18:19:04Z

Her desire to be Native American eventually became an “earnest, unaccountable, persistent, self-obliterating delusion.” Review | ‘The Sentence’ is among Louise Erdrich’s most magical novels 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

And the president has yet to offer his condolences, in earnest. The Videos That Rocked America. The Song That Knows Our Rage. 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

She said the show is smart, funny and "relatable" and manages to avoid being earnest. New ABC chief: seeking diversity in 'Bachelor' franchise 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

But by the mid-1960s he had founded the Disciples, and his musical career began in earnest. Andraé Crouch, 72, Who Infused Gospel With Soul, Dies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

McConaughey’s oily but earnest Dallas, who has offered Mike a piece of the action when and if the club relocates to a beachfront venue in Miami, seems to represent Mike’s possible future. “Magic Mike”: Channing Tatum’s stripper romance 2012-06-27T21:10:00Z

For such an experiential production, “Last Days” is frequently arid and all too earnest. Dance Review: ‘Last Days/First Field,’ by Jill Sigman 2013-05-11T02:06:30Z

But it came into its own — and found a devoted audience — when it shifted into a warm, earnest mode, in which the rich fishes-out-of-water embraced their community, finding purpose and love. How TV Went From David Brent to Ted Lasso 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

At the emotional center of the story is Julie, the showboat’s popular star, who is of mixed race but has tried to live as white, with her devoted husband, Steve, her earnest co-star. Music Review: Can?t Help Seeking That Middle Ground in ?Show Boat? 2012-02-29T23:43:57Z

My favourite bit was Margaret's earnest, quavering, suffragette singsong that attempted to be rousing but ending up sounding as if somebody from Songs of Praise was being gently lowered into a well. Rewind TV: Henry VII: Winter King; The Fall; Secrets of a Suffragette; Up the Women; Psychobitches – review 2013-06-01T17:00:01Z

Even the most earnest efforts at faithfully recreating this cornerstone of Mexican cuisine, some argue culture, is doomed from the start. Boys’ Night In pork tacos 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

Scott wrote, “‘Frida’ is at its best when it forsakes earnest psychological exposition for magic realism, when, instead of trying to explain Kahlo’s life, it conjures the moods and sensations that fed her art.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Neighborhood’ and ‘Queen of the World’ 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

Both of them used the word “playful” to describe their methods, but Mr. Urbach’s underlying thesis is earnest. Lots of Wine, but None to Drink 2010-12-03T05:39:00Z

Catching up with the latest headlines over coffee the next morning, I laughed at my earnest folly. Review | You’ve probably never heard of these artists, but they painted reality in a way we’ve lost sight of 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

Fashion Week started in earnest this morning with Richard Chai’s 11 a.m. show, and the mood in the audience seemed a tad impatient. On the Runway: Piling On at Richard Chai 2011-02-10T21:30:21Z

At nearly 1,200 earnest pages, Book Six is a life-drainer, so dense and so dull that time and light seem to bend around it. At the Close of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle,’ a Magician Loses His Touch 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

The coaches were gentle, giving the earnest young vocalist kudos for the effort he’d put into it. 'The Voice' recap: Teams Adam and Christina take their turn 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

Often ghostwritten and tied to foundational campaigns, these earnest and elegantly packaged texts are designed to inspire and sell. Review | After a photo of her nephew’s drowned body went viral, a Syrian woman tells the family’s story 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

You hear it in Superorganism, as well as in the earnest cabaret soul of Rex Orange County, and also the bedroom confections of Clairo. The New Indie Pop: Off-Kilter, Handmade, Whimsical and Emotional 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

They informed me that it is snobbish and obnoxious and pedantic and prescriptive and elitist and outrageous to make fun of someone whose message is so earnest and inarguably correct. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Leading the fight against mispronunciations 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

Mr. Pierce, who is 34, is now the 85-year-old Mr. Kander’s new collaborator — more earnest and less deadpan than Ebb, but just as determined and, lately, just as busy. Kander & Pierce, a New Team in the Musical Theater 2012-05-23T21:58:57Z

In the theater, after the breathless warm-up, the rehearsal began in earnest, with the original cast watching from three and four rows back. Parkland Survivors Get a Broadway Master Class in Healing 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

The MCC Theater production, directed by Will Davis, is similarly earnest and awkward. Review: In ‘Charm,’ Challenges Emily Post Never Dreamed Of 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

The Kronos philosophy has always been too broad to define in terms of market share and too earnest to characterize as pandering. The String Quartet, Reinvented 2010-02-27T03:36:00Z

They were earnest about wanting to serve the public, but they also seemed a little bored, stopping cars and checking them for guns and drugs. The Merit, Thrills, Boredom and Fear of Police Work 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

“The result is frantically overstuffed but earnest, diligent and defiantly optimistic.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

But he himself was no sybarite; he was earnest about his invention’s benefits: how weightlessness contributed to health and well-being. The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

With the support of that storied institution, she returned to law school, this time at Howard University, and then began her career as a civil rights attorney in earnest. The arc of this civil rights leader’s life has always bent toward justice 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

Mr. Willis floats an intriguing sexual proposition that the other two appear, for a moment, to consider in earnest. | 'The Expendables': Sylvester Stallone?s Action-Hero Action Flick 2010-08-12T23:03:00Z

I'm certainly relieved not to watch her fruitlessly chasing Oscar gold in dull, earnest, mid-budget outings like "Changeling" or "A Mighty Heart." "Salt": Angelina Jolie's dazzling action spectacle 2010-07-22T11:01:00Z

A decade later, the bit feels less like parody than earnest baseline to consumers' expanding concerns about the origins of their food and the outcomes of its production. Restaurants start to adopt reusable serviceware 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z

Today, such a comedy would riff on carbon footprints and fair trade, but you would be wrong to assume The Good Life is all about 1970s cliches of earnest environmentalism. The Good Life 2010-04-09T05:45:00Z

An earnest, flowing “In a Heartache”, Knopfler-quality soloing from the lead guitarist on “Low Light”, and a storming “January Rain” were just three stand-outs. The Complete Glastonbury Festival Post Mortem: 30 Top Moments 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

And for a movie that's violent as hell, "The Avengers" ends up being an earnest plea for peace. Review: `Avengers' hits big screen with a blast 2012-04-24T01:16:03Z

It is widely thought to represent “all that is tacky, tasteless, earnest, sentimental, worthless, simplistic, poorly crafted, unoriginal, frivolous, redundant and common,” Mr. Eliason writes. Antiques: Elvis and Toreadors, Aglow on Black Velvet 2011-02-03T22:55:03Z

But by 1970, she was a throwback to elaborate hairdos, fussy clothes, and earnest emoting. Elizabeth Taylor, from beauty icon to punchline 2011-03-23T22:30:00Z

Guilds were hardly perfect – the Meistersingers were almost comically Teutonic in their earnest love of musical rules, and guild traditionalism sometimes put them behind artistic developments. Can unions save the creative class? 2013-03-18T16:25:00Z

Shariatmadari is an earnest writer — clarity, not style, is his priority — but the quirks of human and animal speech are strange and alluring enough to leaven the narrative. ‘Don’t Believe a Word,’ a Look at Language and Power (and Why Dolphins Have Accents) 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z

There wasn’t a lot to it, but it got the job done and was mercifully less earnest than “Passage!” Journeyman conductor offers sleek and pleasant evening 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

But the new episodes also boldly refuse to position themselves as a big deal, still boiling down to Mulder and Scully wandering dorky sets, exchanging dialogue that characteristically merges the ironic with the breathlessly earnest. Rewatching the X-Files: my 50-episode binge 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

I went in expecting an earnest critique of the industrial food system, or an impassioned plea for ethical vegetarianism. ‘Sausage Party’ Is an Animated Sex Comedy About Food ... and God 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

He started running again in earnest, “fueled by Gatorade and dissatisfaction,” at 40. A Memoir That Might Inspire You to Break a Sweat 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

She hesitates, sees I’m earnest and harmless, and stands back. My Hero, Emily Dickinson, Outlaw of Amherst 2010-05-13T14:38:00Z

He meant the right kind of bad — ostensibly bold, cannily earnest, hammering home big themes — the kind that Academy members are susceptible to. The King's Speech: Toronto and the Lust for Oscar 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z

He darts among different members of the audience, seeking understanding and reassurance, eyes moving with the nervous, earnest excitement of an outsider looking in. ‘The Great Gatsby’ Review: Raising a Glass to an American Tragedy 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z

She was sincere and earnest and somehow managed to seem phony. The TV Watch: Ann Curry’s Tearful Goodbye From ‘Today’ 2012-06-28T21:30:38Z

“Okay, partners,” says one of the comically earnest therapists in the evening’s lengthy second part. Review | ‘Slave Play’ is a funny, scalding, walk along the boundary between black and white in America 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

When her ghost tells Don, “You missed your flight,” it’s an elliptical version of Ken’s earnest lament for “the life not lived.” 'Mad Men' Recap: Don Draper's Back in Style 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

I think I might have been a bad person, although I believe I did many things in earnest. My prison redemption 2012-10-03T22:23:00Z

“The worry was always, how do you keep this from being earnest? Going to sci-fi seemed like it would certainly inoculate us against that,” says Michelle, 54. In TV’s ‘BrainDead,’ bugs eat the brains of D.C. politicians. (It’s a metaphor.) 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hanks, who changes young female sidekicks in this series more than he seems to switch jackets, keeps company in this movie with Felicity Jones, as Sienna Brooks, a lethally earnest doctor. Review: In ‘Inferno,’ Breathlessly Globe-Trotting and Decoding to Save the World 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

With the city in the throes of the Great Depression, he supported himself with various small jobs while painting simple but earnest portraits, modernist interiors and urban street scenes often depicting the disenfranchised and downtrodden. Beauford Delaney Returns to the Scene 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

In “The Chiffon Trenches,” Talley lays out his grievances and earnest despair at an inconvenient time. Perspective | What André Leon Talley says about fashion says a lot about how fashion has changed 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

The character that Suilebhan plays seems earnest, yet also subversive and mischievous. The revolution will definitely be dramatized 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

With a score infused with casual flourishes, Mr. Myers seems potentially open to the dark humor in a young Norwegian girl’s romance with Satan, but Mr. Vavrek’s work is deadly, drearily earnest. Critic?s Notebook: At Vox Festival, Future of City Opera Sounds All Too Familiar 2011-05-16T21:55:57Z

He concentrates on Curtis' earnest, sometimes maddening attempts to understand himself and/or the forces that appear to be controlling his behavior. 'Take Shelter': a stormy, apocalyptic knockout 2011-10-20T21:03:48Z

Her role as a glamorous if dauntingly earnest Lois Lane is, she knows, a Hollywood conceit. Rosario Dawson’s Newsroom Tour Is a Reality Check 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

But it's undeniable that earnest public discussion of the film seems more deeply rooted in Asia, and sometimes in unexpected ways. Life of Pi's global vision 2013-01-08T17:09:37Z

It normally takes about three to four years before they begin to produce fruit in earnest. A Mother’s Day hanging basket; cherry trees for containers 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z

Frankly, they seem so earnest, it’s hard not to root for them. Behind the Hype: Can One Direction Save the Boy Band? 2012-04-06T09:30:30Z

The earnest, restrained “Holy” doesn’t exactly announce the arrival of Justin Bieber as a Christian pop star — he’s more doing devotional R&B, blending themes of loyalty and faith with those of romantic commitment. Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper’s Wholesome Team-Up, and 10 More New Songs 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z

What the world needs is more earnest efforts at honest communication. Review | Planet Word, a new museum devoted to language, is a high-tech, feel-good experience 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z

Confined in Ana’s earnest narration, the story provides no critical distance, no irony, no real thematic ambiguity. Review | In Sue Monk Kidd’s ‘The Book of Longings,’ Jesus has a wife — and behold, she’s so woke! 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

The ragged worry of “Jail La La” sounded a lot like the earnest swooning of “Rest of Our Lives”: peppy and a little brooding. Music Review: A Woman of Many Talents and Bands 2010-02-23T23:21:00Z

Sadly, Miles Ahead and Born to Be Blue, two earnest, idiosyncratic films, are not going to make anyone think about significantly expanding the cinetrompette genre. Why I give a hoot for competing dead jazz musician movies 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

Stevenson brings an air of earnest optimism to that idea. Bryan Stevenson: the lawyer devoting his life to fighting injustice 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

From there, he began building a wardrobe in earnest, doing simple chores to earn bells for splurges on the latest drops from the enterprising hedgehogs. Cute Dress. How Many Bells Did You Pay? 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile Jones, who has always been less earnest and more reluctant than the other three, is making her way to the battle with Murdock. Defenders assemble! The kickass superheroes with no friends and a SuperDonald baddie 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Friday morning she tweeted a very earnest plea to listen to the album in order, “from beginning to end.” Here’s the Lady. Where’s the Gaga? 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

Really, though, the question of who Julie thinks she is should be asked in earnest: It identifies the problem that she and the filmmakers set out to solve. ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Review: Oslo, Her Way 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

I started writing more in earnest when my son was about 17 months old. Gayle Brandeis on her memoir 'The Art of Misdiagnosis' 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

“I need to talk to you,” he told me, his voice hushed, his expression earnest. Finding God in a Hot Slice of Pizza 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

The five dancers in each half made valiant efforts to shade their material, which nevertheless remained ponderously earnest. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Offers a Vision of the World Through Mirrors and Illusions 2011-02-27T23:16:14Z

But the New York-spawned musical from a dozen years ago struggles to justify its exclamation point, at least if the director James Baker’s wearyingly earnest London premiere is any gauge. A London Musical With Energy to Burn, and Two Without It 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

DeForest was at his funniest all night during that earnest searching. Standing Up for Bernie Sanders 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

Contrary to their label's vibe, which suggests a crew of stoned after-hours vampires, the members really are fundamentally sweet and earnest music fans. Underground music hero Delroy Edwards fosters an above-board approach 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

That might sound painfully earnest, but the Greeks understood that our profoundest pleasures aren’t superficial. How theater should respond to a democracy in meltdown 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

She is in dead earnest about her studies, diligent and one might say, possessed. 'The Possessed': Open to anything, as long as it's Russian 2010-06-16T23:58:00Z

The earnest spirituality, however, grounds the vast ambitions. Pop & Rock Listings for May 8-14 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Its presence here speaks to the reach of an Internet-bred musical culture that mints earnest rock stars and connects hip-hop heads from Brooklyn to Shanghai. East by Far East: Vladivostok Rocks 2013-08-28T22:59:23Z

But the question remains: how can we have an earnest conversation about empowerment without discussing the social structures that disempower us? Writer Chidera Eggerue on what #SaggyBoobsMatter is really about 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

Returning to the US in 1876, Muybridge began in earnest on his now famous motion studies. Eadweard Muybridge's motion towards Tate Britain 2010-04-27T17:13:00Z

That pinpoint precision subsided in the sweep of Shepherd’s massive and earnest piece. Review: Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra Gets Ambitious at Carnegie Hall 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

In its earnest attempt to present a landmark legal case as a classic underdog story, “Little Pink House,” based on Jeff Benedict’s 2009 book of the same name, succeeds neither narratively nor visually. Review: Fighting to Save Her ‘Little Pink House’ 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

On meeting the novel’s serious-minded heroine, Dorothea, Lydgate acknowledges that she is attractive, but he feels that she is “too earnest.” The Ideal Marriage, According to Novels 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

But Jarmusch is up to something fiercely earnest—for starters, mocking critics who want and expect a movie about the dead rising from their graves to proceed with a naturalistic earnestness. “The Dead Don’t Die,” Reviewed: Jim Jarmusch’s Fiercely Political Zombie Comedy 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

Where Ms. Minaj stumbles is that the more earnest her subject matter, the more direct and deliberate her flow. Review: Nicki Minaj’s ‘The Pinkprint’ 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

Rest assured, though, they've thought about all this, and it shows on current album Lost Songs, which is a completely earnest set of reflections on the drawn-out and bloody Syrian civil war. This week's new live music 2013-02-16T06:00:00Z

That, of course, could generate criticism that Iñárritu is again turning overly earnest or inward. In 'Birdman,' Alejandro G. Inarritu takes his doubts and lets them fly 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

It was an earnest program with a heart. "Glee's" mysteriously shrinking Rachel 2010-10-08T17:30:00Z

The film’s earnest message of acceptance is encumbered by stylistic choices, like a disruptive voice-over and clumsy split-screen montages contrasting the boys’ vastly different social experiences. Review: High School Is Still Terrible for a ‘Handsome Devil’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Whether dancing or singing, the performers hovered on the edge of earnest and deadpan, and the repetitive choreography, which served to accent the music or the topic at hand, was purposely rough. Dance Review: Insects Flee, and Kitty Seeks Revenge 2011-05-22T20:58:11Z

He is ever earnest, loathe to overreach or overstate. 'Big-Time Sports in American Universities': weighing why universities embrace and encourage major sports programs 2011-05-18T23:12:34Z

“I told Wade it was up to him if he wanted to keep trying; I knew my progress was earnest but slow. I also knew that, more than anything, I wanted him to be happy.” Starting Over on a Happier Note 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z

“We have this opportunity to really step up and go for it,” Chase said, with earnest resolve. The Electrifying, Emotional Return of Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

In 1992, with “We Shall Be Free,” he got country fans to sway along to such earnest proclamations as: Garth Brooks: Country Music’s Square, Liberal Dad 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

It really does ride that line between earnest and sort of self-deprecating. "Ghosts" star Rose McIver on poking fun at the Christmas movie, cultural appropriation and all 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

His version of the title track is of course far cleaner than Guy Clark’s, whose original take on it was practically withering on the microphone, but Mr. Chesney sounds studious and earnest. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-26T21:57:00Z

The group has been dropping a scattering of digital singles recently; the latest is “Root,” a pattering plea for earnest communion in a time of digital simulacrum. The Playlist: Shawn Mendes Shows His Scars, and 9 More New Songs 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

The bluegrass bug began to spread in earnest across Paris when Mr. Hargreaves returned to France in 2009 and met up again with Mr. Pibarot — and the all-night playing continued. Appalachia on the Seine: Bluegrass Swings in Paris 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

That fights a show that must, at its core, be the story of forbidden love between two earnest young people who find each other as their nations are at war. Drury Lane gets stuck following 'Aida' into slick, shirtless temptation 2011-03-25T20:19:30Z

The scene is earnest to the point of condescension, but the piece Morricone wrote for it — called “Gabriel’s Oboe” — became one of his most enduring compositions. Perspective | Ennio Morricone wrote the perfect soundtrack for a time when we miss movies more than ever 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

You hang on to everything she does because she’s so earnest. Review | A Greek-set ‘Comedy of Errors’ adds songs to the slapstick 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

The film tacks between chanting throngs and earnest individuals voicing hopes and grievances, debating constitutional and religious outcomes, or simply reacting. Movie Review: ‘Tahrir: Liberation Square,’ Chronicles 2011 Cairo Protests 2012-06-10T22:38:23Z

Boise is eminently livable, small but spirited, and Mr. McIntyre’s earnest, athletic choreography, often inspired by American themes, strikes a particular chord here. Boise and Trey McIntyre Project in a Deep Passion 2010-08-13T19:05:00Z

Now, just weeks away from her 18th birthday, Sydney Sierota and her three brothers are platinum-selling artists, whose earnest and catchy "Cool Kids" single reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Echosmith siblings bring their platinum 'Cool Kids' success home to Hollywood 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

For all the earnest sincerity of Fisk’s playing, he is also a consummate stylist. Guitarist Eliot Fisk impresses with his uncanny ability to convey Bach’s polyphony 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

It’s just a melodramatic thriller tarted up with flowery ornaments and freighted with earnest political relevance. Perspective | Threats against the author of ‘American Dirt’ threaten us all 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

You rescind the invitation via a long and garbled but earnest text saying you’re just not ready for him to meet your friends because, for you, that would be akin to meeting family. I Quit Dating Apps. Five Times. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

With lush forests and dramatic coastlines, the island is still considered a frontier by the Japanese, who settled there in earnest less than 150 years ago. Pursuits: In Japan, Searching for Prized Sea Urchins 2013-07-16T21:19:48Z

On that earlier podcast, the creators wrote a pilot for an earnest series called “Progeny,” set aboard a generational ship sent to colonize a new world. How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Rom-Com? Three Comedians Try. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

Lucinda is more earnest and more political, her public persona more natural. An edgy take on Internet fame vs. Hollywood fame: "Surveys" by Natasha Stagg 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

“After rolling to see who went first, the Monopoly carnage began in earnest.” Review | TV writer Danielle Henderson finds the humor in her own harrowing life story 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

Unions started up in earnest about this time, and some guilds saw a revival. Can unions save the creative class? 2013-03-18T16:25:00Z

I studied hard in school, I was earnest and respected my parents and I had a nice boyfriend. How we made A Nightmare on Elm Street 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

“The film’s makers had created a deeply earnest picture aimed less at tastemakers than at people in the middle: sports fans, families, churchgoers and do-gooders,” Michael Cieply wrote in his review for The Times. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Riverdale’ and ‘Royal Crackers’ 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z

“Interviews mumbled and blotted, the simplest of earnest rehearsed queries lost and pondered and lost again … The endless noisy boredom of the tour.” Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

Yet tucked into the show, there were also more earnest moments. The Latin Grammys: A Mashup of Glitter, Rhythm and Politics 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

It’s a refreshingly earnest hit of culture in a place that’s always pretending to be something else. Chinatown Revisited 2014-01-24T21:02:02Z

Sadly, a barking dog proves too much for Harrison, who makes a hasty retreat, despite Mandy's earnest appeals via her phone for him to keep going. "As We See It": An imperfect step forward for representing autism on screen 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z

But his style was too earnest and too stolid. In Atlanta’s Ever-Shifting Hip-Hop Scene, Future and Migos Keep Innovating 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

But instead of pulsing with freewheeling energy, it sags under its earnest polemics. Movie Review: ‘The Return of Lencho,’ Directed by Mario Rosales 2012-11-09T00:34:13Z

In retrospect it also seems obvious that, despite Marshall’s earnest efforts, both Chiang and Mao were simply playing for time, waiting for the most opportune moment to finish their two-decade struggle. A Marshall Plan for China? It Existed, but Even Marshall Couldn’t Pull It Off 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

It is that emphasis — the earnest, critical attention to the public Mister Rogers and his legacy — that makes “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” feel like such a gift. Review: Take the Next Trolley to ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

He left teaching and began acting in earnest, learning nuance and pushing his characters deeper than their plot points. 'Calvary' could mark a signature role in Brendan Gleeson's career 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

There isn’t really much insight to be gleaned on the subjects of mental illness, racial politics, middle age or work, though an earnest effort is made to show concern about all of them. ‘Empire of Light’ Review: They Found It at the Movies 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

Only as this moisture dwindles can Maillard browning take place in earnest. What Store-Bought Fried Shallots Can Do for You 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z

Just as depositions were about to begin in earnest, the parties agreed to submit the case to mediation. The Met Opera Fired James Levine, Citing Sexual Misconduct. He Was Paid $3.5 Million. 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z

The seventeen-minute film is a tour de force of comedy, both physical and verbal, about the variety of indignities that the movie business inflicts on its eager and earnest participants. What to Stream: A Rediscovered Short by—and Starring—Chantal Akerman 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

“The Last Ship” already is a worthy and earnest musical, but we know how Broadway loves to take those down. Sting's former self is at the center of 'Last Ship' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Diamond’s knowing, rational, witty voice steadily persuades you that her comedy of ideas is onto something, even if this earnest production seldom wears its learning lightly enough. Review | ‘Smart People’ puts race under a comic microscope 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

The story begins in earnest when Mr. Skarsgard’s nameless, nearly mute character, known as the Kid, is discovered in a neglected wing of the prison. ‘Castle Rock’ Is a Stephen King Story That Isn’t Really a Stephen King Story 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

There’s a gruff tattoo artist, twin undertakers, a retired priest and an earnest clerk who dreams of someday wearing a name tag. Review | An irresistible romantic comedy to begin your new year 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

Now that the Tony race is on in earnest, audience interest seems to be heating up across the board. Broadway Box Office 5/18: "The King And I" Hits $1 million, "Something Rotten" Close Behind 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

An earnest Madonna exposed her voice in a solo rendition, with ukulele, of “La Vie en Rose.” Madonna Returns to the Garden, Unapologetic and Playful 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

Before the bromance begins in earnest, the filmmakers want us to see what Jimmy does best. Kevin Hart-Josh Gad chemistry highlights 'The Wedding Ringer' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

So Aza reluctantly agrees to pay Davis a visit, and the novel — boom — begins in earnest. In John Green’s ‘Turtles All the Way Down,’ a Teenager’s Mind Is at War With Itself 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

Sometimes queer-baiting is done in earnest as a display of honesty or allyship – Garfield’s comments, given his history of deference to the community, seem to land on this side of the fence. Andrew Garfield, queer-baiting and the perils of 'playing gay' 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

Still, if only Ms. Michelson’s movement were the sole issue, she would emerge as a dogged, earnest choreographer of considerable precision, deliberately narrow vocabulary, and a pleasing if unexceptional feeling for wide stage space. Dance Review: Sarah Michelson’s ‘4,’ at the Whitney, Continues a Series 2014-01-26T22:09:19Z

Stevens, about whose upbringing we learn little beyond its ordinary Englishness, is deftly comic about her predicament, while also being deeply earnest about her aspirations. Failing to Write a Novel in the Most Distraction-Free Place on Earth 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

At first glance, “The Crossover” could slot in with shows like “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” or “Big Shot,” earnest sports coming-of-age stories for the middle-school crowd. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

Tinafey is a kind, engaging character, a decisive departure from the trope of the sexual and therefore evil femme fatale, and their romance gives this hard-boiled novel a measure of earnest sweetness. Richard Lange's 'The Smack' is refreshingly realistic L.A. Noir 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

He and his friends—notably, his smart and earnest girlfriend, Eve—stumble upon a murder, and in the process, they cross paths with two ludicrous police officers who are leading the investigation. Which Movies to See in January 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

All night, before and after this question, Gross had her usual earnest tone, and Maron was either engaging in mild mischief or trying to restrain himself from it. No Bullshit: Marc Maron Interviews Terry Gross 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Even from the 12th row of the orchestra level, he seemed earnest but remote. Music Review: Jonas Kaufmann in Recital at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-10-31T21:41:18Z

One Young Life and Several Traumas, With Songs Added Press material for “Shida,” an earnest one-woman musical written and performed by Jeannette Bayardelle, says that it is based on a true story. Theater Review: ‘Shida’ Is Jeannette Bayardelle’s Solo Showcase at Ars Nova 2013-08-01T02:00:01Z

Active Measures, to its credit, is an earnest and all-inclusive attempt to make that job a bit easier. 'The story goes so far back': new film attempts to untangle Russiagate 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

It recalls a kind of bluntly earnest feminism that was groundbreaking in its time and now seems primitive and even naïve by the standards of today’s highly theorized gender politics. Art Review: ‘Chicago in L.A.’ Focuses on Judy Chicago’s Early Work 2014-04-10T22:12:38Z

His music is whimsical yet earnest, and his musical inventiveness has always been refreshing and inspiring. WHY?'s San Francisco road-trip playlist 2013-05-24T23:10:24Z

After they married in 1948, the philanthropists Paul and Rachel Lambert Mellon began collecting art in earnest, though their tastes followed their own distinctive interests. Opening the door to a place of plants and privilege 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

When: Cold weather has delayed the flowers at this park a bit, but blooms are now happening in earnest. 10 Places to See Wildflowers in the West 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z

Implausible episodes, such as Deitch’s recollection of a lengthy cohabitation with a tribe of monkeys in Africa, are painstakingly rendered with earnest aplomb. Kim Deitch Spins His Yarns 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

And almost everyone here shares the earnest belief that the game is poised for global domination. The world’s cornhole elite, chasing that one perfect toss 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

Harrison sometimes struggles to keep a balance between his mature, reflective narrator and the earnest young man he once was — so sensitive, so inclined to over-analysis and grandiosity. ‘The Spark and the Drive,’ by Wayne Harrison

Once the series entered its final season in fall 2013, the couple’s search for a New York home began in earnest. Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka Invite AD Inside Their New York City Home 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

In what is likely the best of his “S.N.L.” sketches, a bit called “The Chris Farley Show,” he played an exaggerated version of himself, subjecting celebrities to a series of earnest and inane questions. The Big, Funny, Tragic Life of Chris Farley 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

“Maybe I can help a little,” says Victor, a large man with earnest features. A Senate candidate. A murder plot. An undercover cop. A giant fiasco. 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

An earnest desire for some kind of achievement or distinction, power, honor, fame or wealth. Nottage and Parks talk shop, politics as their new dramas come to D.C. 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

It is as paranoid, dishonest and bigoted a thing as I have ever seen in my life, but it’s also earnest, deeply religious and well organized. This anti-gay movie is true evil: What are Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee doing in the vile “documentary” “Light Wins”? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Settis doesn’t begin to address them in earnest until the last 40 pages of the book: It is hemorrhaging young people. Review: ‘If Venice Dies’ Examines a City Sinking, and Not Only Into Water 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Smash was probably never going to be the show for me: the characters were too stock, it was too earnest and self-satisfied in its celebration of the stage, and it did way too much telling-not-showing. Smash Gets an Encore. Its Creator Doesn?t. Can the Show Change Its Tune? 2012-03-23T13:47:28Z

Only recently has Bauhaus joined in earnest Weimar’s pantheon of cultural accolades. On the Bauhaus Trail in Germany 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

Even when the dancers are hitting the floor with sticks and supported by a giant lambeg drum, the effect is earnest but underpowered. Trinity Irish Dance Company Review: Those Flashing, Percussive Feet 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

As the rare class clown among this sweetly earnest bunch, one student, Robbie, is fascinated by artificial intelligence and machine learning. Review: In ‘Science Fair,’ High School Students Are World-Class Scholars 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

But Sonnier keeps these impressive works at least as playful as they are earnest. Keith Sonnier's neon drawings open portals to another place 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

In person, Mr. Herzog seems extraordinarily earnest about everything he does and speaks with the same odd mixture of flat tone and colorful, dramatic locutions that characterizes the narration of his documentaries. Prehistoric Cave With a Hornet on the Wall 2011-04-23T23:31:38Z

My father feared the vulnerability and the humility that learning, undertaken in earnest, surely requires. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

If all this sounds a little too heartwarming and earnest, don’t worry. Big Mouth: how Netflix's sex education comedy remains vital 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

In person, Paquin is brisk, earnest and articulate, and careful with her words. Anna Paquin: ‘I’ve had some horrific experiences’ 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

Somewhere between Bad Teacher and Dead Poets Society, this series is set to blend the misanthropic with the earnest. Superheroes, singers and spaceships: what can we expect from TV next? 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

I liked the fact that there was nothing earnest about them: they were ambitious, catty, smart, flawed and very funny. 'If I had known Richey Edwards there's no way I could have written it' 2010-09-20T14:01:00Z

Bobs, bangs and military buzzcuts probably feature in the curriculum: Halperin has an earnest interpretative interest in "what a hairstyle is 'about'". How to Be Gay by David M Halperin – review 2012-08-16T10:00:01Z

But it is a testament to Packer's talents that The Unwinding is powerful, rather than off-puttingly earnest or just depressing, and that it lingers so long after reading. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer – review 2013-06-21T07:01:01Z

So I decided to go back to work in earnest.” Roy R. Neuberger Dies at 107; Applied a Stock Trader?s Acumen to Art 2010-12-25T04:31:59Z

Writers are drawn, for earnest reasons, to the idea of writing our way to healing. In Italy, among the literary A-list, I find my own siren song 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

Alas, the film stalls once the kiss-or-kill narrative begins in earnest. With "Me You Madness," Steve Mnuchin's wife creates a bold, bipartisan comedy to annoy us all 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

Even the earnest young Laurence must contend with such monologues as “I miss you a lot, Mom. More than ever.” "Southpaw" Is a Throwback—in the Worst Way 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

“The weakest part of my game is my attitude,” one earnest 7-year-old girl says, “and it’s just really hard to control.” Reality TV Parents Need a Timeout 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

It’s a comfortable life of vegetarian dinners, home birthing in pools and earnest talk about “unburdening.” Review: In ‘The Path,’ a Cult Is Only as Strong as Its Following 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

But he’ll lead some ambitious programs this season to begin his tenure in earnest. Finally, a Lot of Classical Music and Opera to Hear This Season 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Once the war begins in earnest, however, the energy crackles, and the spectacle becomes entirely engrossing. Review | Leigh Bardugo’s ‘Rule of Wolves’ is the latest action-packed installment in the Grishaverse saga 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z

Questioned the newly crowned king To the earnest knight. Style Invitational Week 1235: The Sound of Science — a song parody contest 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

The line deliveries are earnest; the pronunciation, impeccable. Watch British celebrities recite Shakespeare for the climate 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

McCoy’s gentle, earnest Francis evokes Chance the gardener in “Being There” as he counsels Shulman’s boss character on marriage, with political overtones in the idea that houses divided against themselves cannot stand. Review | John Strand’s political comedy ‘Lincolnesque’ returns to Keegan Theatre 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

Neither does Perez’s earnest Macbeth, whose soliloquies are often spotlighted as action freezes around him. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

The hero of the novel is Elwood Curtis, a painfully earnest African American teenager. Review | In Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys,’ an idealistic black teen learns a harsh reality 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z

Michael Harley, a bassoonist, portrayed an earnest Leonard Bernstein — another critical figure bridging the art-music and pop worlds — and sang admirably in selections from Bernstein’s “Mass,” another work in which aesthetic collision conjured social unrest. Music Review: A Soundtrack to a Collaboration That Never Was 2011-03-11T23:45:18Z

“Mrs. Fitzgerald, you suggest your husband treats you like a child,” earnest doctor observes earnestly. | 'This Side of Paradise': The Tormented Fitzgeralds at Theater at St. Clements 2010-04-23T22:52:00Z

You can understand why she was smitten by the tall, solid villager Silvio, sung here by the earnest, appealing baritone Lucas Meachem. Review: At Met Opera, ‘Pagliacci’ Goes Vaudeville as ‘Cavalleria’ Turns 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

Rossini tenors have often been caricatured as pinched and nasal — you try to hit those high notes! — but Mr. Camarena is melting and nuanced, clarion in coloratura, his sound sunny and earnest. Review: ‘Semiramide’ Returns to the Met, Unglamorous but Excellent 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

If you’re familiar with the broadcast television schedule, you know that the summer is when most scripted programming takes a hiatus, in advance of the regular television season starting in earnest in late September. “The Carmichael Show’s” definitive take on Bill Cosby’s legacy: How Jerrod Carmichael became the most important comedian in America 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

His “faithful insider’s nonrebelliousness — the earnest belief in Switzerland’s asylum tradition, in the justness of its laws —” allowed him to see the unjust, aberrant nature of its recent immigration restrictions. Books of The Times: Eyal Press Considers Courage in ?Beautiful Souls? 2012-02-23T23:21:46Z

There is something very earnest about your writing. How Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens Navigate Pop 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

There is an airiness to the visuals, which are composed of 2-D animation and light colors, but a kind of earnest thoughtfulness to the tone in keeping with Gibran’s vibe. Cannes 2014: With 'Prophet,' Salma Hayek seeks to realize a vision 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

The plot revolves around Mr. Dancy’s character, a young earnest doctor who takes a job massaging women’s pelvises into “paroxysms.” Vibrators Carry the Conversation 2011-04-20T21:56:26Z

Still, he describes “The Underground Railroad,” which he began in earnest in the spring of 2014, as responding to a kind of inner pull. Colson Whitehead on Slavery, Success and Writing the Novel That Really Scared Him 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

His aesthetic life began in earnest with a trip through Italy during a summer break from college, at Oxford, in 1925. The Seductive Enthusiasm of Kenneth Clark’s “Civilisation” 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

People tend to think I'm a lot more earnest than I am. Charlie Brooker answers your questions: 'I get angry to amuse myself' 2013-02-06T19:01:10Z

With a fuzzy bear Busby Berkeley number, a "Breakfast Club" homage and impassioned courtroom speeches that could be delivered by Atticus Finch, "Ted 2" is also surprisingly earnest. 'Ted 2' is overstuffed and absurd but wickedly funny 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

When I started painting in earnest in 2015, I knew I was really messing with something. The Many Layers of Lorna Simpson 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

Creed The absolute worst purveyors of a certain post-Vedder brand of earnest baritone wheezing masquerading as vocals in a very long line of bands subsequently featuring earnest baritone wheezing masquerading as vocals. Ten bands I will be forced to listen to in hell 2012-07-11T14:15:00Z

It’s also their most earnest, with a collectively sung wordless chorus, chugging arena-rock guitars and lyrics about lost innocence and growing up. Arcade Fire’s over-the-top show anchored by the band’s older material 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

Yet Ms. Hall did not begin acting in earnest until she was a teenager, when, wanting to nurture the craft on her own, she kept her work fiercely guarded from her parents. When Rebecca Hall First Got This Script, She Hid It 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

His mission with “White People” is to understand whiteness—and though many of his subjects laugh when he asks them about their white experience, the premise is entirely earnest. “White People” probably won’t change anyone’s mind on race, identity and what it means to be white 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Feeling the pressure, Fox executives say the search for a replacement will happen in earnest this summer. Will Simon Cowell?s Exit From ?American Idol? Sink the Show? 2010-05-25T22:22:00Z

Yet the treacly script valorizes Enzo, and the director, Simon Curtis, submits to it, trusting that the audience will want to see man’s best friend presented in such an earnest fashion. ‘The Art of Racing in the Rain’ Review: Smart Dog, Dumb Movie 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

The story begins in earnest when Klara is purchased to be the companion for a bright but sickly teenager named Josie. Review | In Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Klara and the Sun,’ a robot tries to make sense of humanity 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

Glamorous debauchery and cynicism may have underpinned the marketing of floor wax and cigarettes, but earnest yearning and anxiety were twitchingly, poignantly alive then, too. Voices of America: A Cold-War Mormon Moment 2010-08-20T17:04:00Z

Mr. Kiarostami’s translator was as quick and nimble as an Olympic athlete, and Mr. Kiarostami himself was as patient as a teacher in a roomful of earnest slow learners. How Abbas Kiarostami Had Me Thinking in Persian 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z