A couple sat at the far end of the bar in earnest discussion, but otherwise the club was deserted.

Minutes before today's events, he was in earnest discussion with one of the women competing.

"Money is serious," Rose insisted, drawn into earnest discussion in spite of herself.

Its leaders are portrayed in earnest discussion about the effectiveness of sanctions.

A curious place, you might think, for an earnest discussion of sustainability.

Either case was possible, for they carried books, calculators, and seemed to be engaged in earnest discussion.

It seemed somehow far more interesting and important than the earnest discussion going on around him.

The unit supervisor stood beside them, and all three had their heads down in an earnest discussion.

They were in the middle of an earnest discussion, which broke off suddenly.

The group plunged into an earnest discussion of ways to cope with the challenge.