He tried to attend to her needs earnestly to try to please her, but his attempts failed.

'I don't blame you one little bit,' he said, earnestly trying to win them over.

The issue is not about the tree that everyone is trying earnestly to save.

A 21-year-old apprentice teacher, earnestly trying, must cope with students who don't care.

With questions like these, Ingemar is always "trying earnestly to bring order out of nature's chaos."

Rayford was into his story, earnestly trying to persuade Mac of the truth.

But it can demoralize those who have been earnestly trying to rehabilitate themselves.

But they seem to be earnestly trying to bring off the elections, and no one has accused them of acting unscrupulously.

In many cities, criminal justice experts credit police chiefs with trying earnestly to address issues of race and excessive force.

"The haulers earnestly try to do it cheaper for their customers," he said.