Use "in earnest" in a sentence

1. ’ I said, visualising this encounter and rather hoping that the two of them never gang up on me in earnest

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2. Now the tears started in earnest

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3. "And we wouldn't want that," Alan said as he began to caress her in earnest

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4. Terry's brilliance new no bounds once the tournament started in earnest

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5. she nodded in earnest

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6. The 'Village Players,' the name used for them by the rest of the town to refer to the Village Theatrical Society membership, began deciding in earnest what their first production should be and when they should expect to offer performances

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7. journey towards redemption could now begin in earnest

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8. Looking up at the moon, from his front lawn was the start of the trip in earnest

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9. Mr Snickerty writhed irritably, but the fellow appeared in earnest, and the adjudicator reasoned that it would be more expedient to hear him out, than turn him away

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10. Sighing deeply - the prick still in her mouth - she began to suck it in earnest, her heart beating faster by the moment

11. As she bent to go down on him in earnest, he grabbed her and threw her to the floor with himself on top of her, his young cock pumping wildly in and out of her already aching mouth

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12. Tomorrow it would begin in earnest, but this was an evening for celebration, for mourning, and for rest

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13. Now the sun came out in earnest and it was stiflingly hot in the trench besides this hardly any of us had any water left and our thirsts were raging

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14. My pains had begun in earnest

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15. Suddenly, intense pains began in earnest

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16. ” She began to cry in earnest, her red rimmed eyes closing

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17. I sat there rooted to the spot and horrified at what I was witnessing and then the screeching started in earnest a long drawn out wail that seemed to go on and on

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18. ’ Monique said, her face turned towards him in earnest, ‘then this can all end

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19. The restoration work began in earnest

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20. ‘Events have forced me to tell you something which may shock you,’ he said in earnest

21. A second later, that very operation began in earnest

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22. He was by now crying in earnest and giving Mr

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23. “Let’s see if this young lady is in earnest

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24. Kay laughed with mirth, and then Leland began his attacks in earnest, and she lost herself in the thrill of deflection, attack, and counter-attack under the darkening sky, billowing grey clouds beginning to slide in from the east

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25. The boat bobbed up and down over the waves which grew in intensity as the dawn began to spread across the sky in earnest

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26. When he'd been practising the killing thrust, high up on his favourite ledge above Badachro Sett, he'd always imagined he would experience jubilation when he finally used it in earnest– that he would be more alive, nearer to Her

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27. Wrapping her arms around her body, she began to cry in earnest, and all the tension, grief, and sorrow she had endured in the past few days broke out upon the cave floor as she threw herself down, sobbing hysterically

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28. I was trying to look conspicuously nonchalant; what a romantic poet might have in earnest called a ‘mad fool’

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29. If he was being kept alive, reason would dictate that they’d somehow manage to know as they usually did and perhaps hope he would still be alive when the uprising began in earnest; which if all had been carefully arranged, was a matter of days

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30. The Castigator talked to him in earnest, urging him to uphold the Law, honor his rank and office, protect him and the Council as a whole and crush the rebels before they could take root firmly

31. To keep with the fire-related analogy, the huffing and puffing started in earnest almost as soon as the Presbytery of Aberdeen first sustained the call to Queen’s Cross

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32. All the men laughed along in earnest, pointing at Ethan like a freak exhibit

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33. Andy sat down once more, took a few breaths and told his brother in earnest:

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34. Both she and Nick felt he could do better, but they also felt he would probably “kick in” in earnest after another year of self-discovery

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35. programming tasks before you can start testing and training in earnest

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36. Asking Mother Earth for her forgiveness in earnest will also lead to removing negative karmic debt

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37. The majority who begin meditation in earnest will progress smoothly through it

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38. I looked in earnest for my brothers, the werewolf had tired both Adrinius and Zacchaeus out, and I couldn’t help gloating at how all my blood would have been worked off by now

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39. I was painting in earnest, and most of my friends now were new

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40. rock overhang it was raining in earnest and they were both soaked

41. After EB informed me 7/01 that my Purchase Order funding would run out at the current spend rate by the end of 8/01, I began looking in earnest again for a non-lawyer job in contracts using especially both NCMA’s Career Center and its various chapters’ job sites

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42. After familiarizing himself with the problems that he faced, Nehemiah began the work in earnest

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43. In earnest rapport

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44. And in earnest

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45. I called the doctor and started in earnest

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46. bull reaches the meadows outside Tordesillas that the spectacle begins in earnest

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47. I began in earnest to raise my marks

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48. With a shake of her head, she focused on the task in hand as the snows began to fall in earnest

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49. puffed his pipe in earnest, and picked up another file

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50. When he had begun the meditation in earnest, he found the mind-cane was nestling in his right hand, as if it had been there for a long time although he hadn’t been aware of it

51. Tiffy Berg had retired with Ramrod to the bar and was in earnest conversation with several pilots

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52. The attack on the mountain was resumed in earnest, then the alliance lookouts screamed in warning as a ball of energy a thousand feet in diameter came roaring into view from over the south-western horizon

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53. Time for instruction to begin in earnest

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54. And none of us, including me, was ready to have steel poked in his face by someone in earnest

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55. Osbourne would cool down and search her out in earnest, begging her to come back

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56. The time we now spent in each other’s company drew us closer together, and though I had suggested her coming to Canada somewhat thoughtlessly, I now began to consider this possibility in earnest

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57. They danced frequently after the music began in earnest

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58. In earnest I strive to raise my children,

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59. “No,” I said, tears running down my cheeks in earnest now

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60. Morya sitting in earnest conversation with Him

61. started moving in earnest

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62. They had hardly spoken all night, something they would either do in earnest or avoid all together

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63. 1 When John returned to his disciples (he now had some twenty-five or thirty who abode with him constantly), he found them in earnest conference, discussing what had just happened in connection with Jesus' baptism

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64. By this time he was in earnest converse with Peter, Andrew, and John while Jesus was outlining to James the trip through Galilee and on to Capernaum

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65. 4 When Nathaniel had finished speaking, the apostles and their associates fell into serious discussion and engaged in earnest debate, some contending for the correctness of Peter's interpretation, while almost an equal number sought to defend Nathaniel's explanation of the parable

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66. And so, while Jesus and the ten were on their way to Jerusalem, Nathaniel and Thomas were engaged in earnest debate with Rodan

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67. ” Gomes looked at them both as they began to listen to him in earnest, “You have to start a campaign to find the other girls parents

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68. The movement of troops began in earnest

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69. Join earnest hands with your brethren and follow after me

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70. In the courtyard blood had begun to flow in earnest

71. Moving to their camouflaged observation post, Sebastian and Sean watched as the attack began in earnest

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72. That’s when the kid gloves come off and the radicalisation of the young starts in earnest

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73. Siri realised that his friend was in earnest, and he replied, ‘I was educated by a Christian, but my family believed in Engai, the God of the Maasai

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74. As the three vehicles frantically attempt to escape the ambush, the attackers open fire in earnest and pepper them with semi-automatic rifles

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75. Once he was confident that all the sources of contamination that fed into the lake had been removed, the work necessary to restore the flora and fauna in the lake could begin in earnest

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76. Then, he began to converse with me in earnest

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77. I went back to my food and drink and then began to munch out in earnest, pondering about my next move

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78. We began to eat our meal in earnest

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79. Should you decide in earnest to start soul meditation, as mentioned in the previous chapter your core group will grow in number as other souls will come to assist you

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80. She tried in earnest to run

81. We needed to eat and drink in earnest

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82. I began my questioning in earnest

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83. Toby and I began our journey in earnest

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84. All four ships were still running at top speed and firing their four-inch guns in earnest at the German bombers

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85. I continued my third career as a writer in earnest, and developed my own web site, but guess what? I now have more passwords than when I was a consultant

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86. With a number of Jews and Poles to help guide the weak survivors towards the registration and food distribution points, the process of handling the 632 ex-camp inmates started in earnest

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87. Even people who care to watch the game in earnest may have to witness a few fights in the stands as well as on the field

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88. Corey and I ate our meal in earnest, not caring about

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89. We began to work on the cage bar in earnest for three hours

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90. the searching process in earnest – with some advertising

91. I was quite emotional, but I prayed in earnest

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92. in earnest what he can do

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93. This began in earnest with the

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94. pursuit started in earnest with Einstein's attempt to find a "unified field theory" and

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95. In Poland their plight from 1942 worsened when the systematic killings began in earnest in the concentration camps

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96. When Thomas spoke again, he was in earnest

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97. Thomas was in earnest

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98. She hoped to ask the great man about aspects of Polish culture which had interested her in earnest ever since her visit to Penrhos

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99. possession that ability to do so,” my friend replied in earnest

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100. And totaling my whole life; and this journey traveled, to be found in earnest with Him that gave this Life to me