If you do, then all my earnest efforts to avoid a scandal will be frustrated.

"No," Call said, making an earnest effort to stay calm about the matter.

In fact, despite all the earnest effort, nothing in this production works very well.

The games, though played with earnest effort by both sides, have not been exciting.

But incredible as it seems, my earnest efforts and ability were never appreciated.

But for now, he said, institutions across the nation are making earnest efforts toward that end.

So earnest an effort was well deserving of a better reward.

If he was making an earnest effort for the game, he would take charge.

He has made an earnest effort to control his drinking.

You'll have to make a more earnest effort on your homework if you hope to pass the course.