Sentence examples for a small serious from inspiring English sources

But Russell, a small, serious man with an orange goatee, was not eager to show me the collection.

Soon, she wrangles a small, serious role Off Broadway that reminds the world she can act (and show up on time).

Dr. Gao, a small serious woman of 76 in dark hand-me-down clothes, is regularly chased out of the villages she goes to help.

But their brother Philip Ngor Bol, a small, serious boy of 14, kept on running through the night, barefoot, driven by terror and defiance.

He's a small, serious man with wiry, steel-gray hair, and when he's not using his hands, he tends to keep them clasped in front of him.

This is a small, serious, modern, high-toned restaurant (with a Michelin star); its recently renovated elegant dining room lies behind the facade and front room of an old osteria, or wine shop.

A small serious-faced Cambodian boy quietly takes over, swiftly producing perfect curry paste for each of them.

Not to mention Ruth Vered (now showing Frank Stella, Mark Borghii (who had a de Kooning show this summer) and a number of other small, serious galleries in East Hampton that have succeeded Elaine Benson.

"They are a small and serious company and have had such a long history with Cannes," Ms. Firth added, referring to Chopard's 15-year collaboration with the festival, starting in 1998.

The Musée Guimet, for example, houses a small but serious collection of Indian art, including sculptures of wood, clay, basalt, bronze, sandstone and schist dating from as early as the third millennium B.C. There's good shopping, too.

I'm not sure very many other actors would have torn themselves away from the beach and lugged themselves, voiceless, to an interview to promote a small, relentlessly serious film.