be serious about
Example Sentences
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Rory Green, head of China research at TS Lombard, thinks Chinese leader Xi Jinping could finally be serious about making domestic demand a larger portion of GDP.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
“You just have to go where something is if you really want to be serious about it,” Dunn said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
One can be serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025
"For me it illustrates that if we are going to be serious about cryptocurrencies in the future… there needs to be some kind of regulation."
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2025
It was easy not to be serious about the old fellow, for he was that peculiar creation which ignorant people laugh at—a genuine maestro.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
