seriousness

Example Sentences

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While Latifi leaves readers to make their own conclusions about the ethics of family vlogging, she takes a hard stance on the seriousness of her subject: “It’s not silly, and it is work.”

From Salon • May 10, 2026

But funding a nongambler’s entrance into the gambling world as a kind of comedic protagonist not only puts the writer at risk but also flattens the seriousness of the story’s subject.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

In all seriousness, building and flying a kite is an opportunity to embrace a challenge rather than view a difficult task in binary terms, a point Choi and I discussed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

This was the sound of uncompromising moral seriousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

He’s trying to look all happy and light, but I can see the seriousness underneath.

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt