Sentence examples for basically serious from inspiring English sources

So she too was a basically serious person?

The Brits are fundamentally absurd and the Americans are basically serious: we laugh at ourselves and they laugh with themselves – when they do laugh.

But Nixon and Ford and George Bush Sr. all had long careers and were basically serious people, and Nixon, whatever anyone thinks of him, was a great historic figure whose presidency was an immense drama and not at all comical.

Inscribed on the headdress worn by Brooks as the Yiddish-speaking Indian chief is the phrase "Kosher for Passover," a joke contributed by Alvin's wife, Andrea, that took "the edge off what was basically serious art". "Mel Brooks liked it," Alvin said in a 2007 article in the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Though Mr. Paxton is basically very serious, he can also be funny.

On the other hand, daily newspapers are cheap, and there is basically zero serious financial risk involved in obtaining and maintaining a subscription.

Edge of Tomorrow is quite different; it is basically deadly serious, and after some moderate knockaboutfun, settles into something pretty dull.

But while "Nickel and Dimed" is basically a serious argument, Cheever's book is more of a comedy and, as its title suggests, more of a sales job.

"'X-Files' really does have a lot of dark humor, but it's basically a serious show.

She spoke to The Daily Express and asserted a wilful defiance against a disease that was, basically, a serious case of the shits: "I won't let Crohn's disease beat me," she said, in turn becoming the poster girl for Rubbish Bowels and alerting me to the disease.

Supporters basically said such serious accusations of war crimes deserved international attention, while opponents found the resolution too broad.