| The Young Republicans of those days were the overearnest strivers who wore neckties to college classes and later got hauled up before the Watergate committees. |
| Loose, lithe, and limber, Hemingway gets into the comedy groove and has a great time spoofing her overearnest screen persona. |
| Chesney Hawkes and Sarah Harding both twinkle under the spotlight, but the real stars of the show are the overearnest experts. |
| For the rival side, the overearnest Natalie Lowe droned on about her partner. |
| His book is filled with the sort of music-worship that professional musicians tend to scorn as overearnest and foolish. |
