Sentence examples similar to nearing serious from inspiring English sources

But it very well might be the filmmakers' fault that, as an evocation of danger, the movie seems threatening yet is nowhere near serious or intelligent enough to satisfy our current sense of alarm.

"Here's a case of near-serious coronary disease that required medical management," said Dr. Karlsberg, a partner at the Cardiovascular Medical Group of Southern California, which conducted about 1,400 CT heart scans last year.

In his book, Mantle tells about some of the drinking he did while he was playing, pointing out that it took a near-serious driving accident to make him realize the error of his ways.

Hanging a five thousand pound re-imagined disco ball over a crowd nearing two thousand is serious business.

She feared that as a high school junior, he was nearing graduation without a serious plan.

First, the extent of overheating is nowhere near as serious as in the late 1980s.

The deficit plan Obama put out last September is nowhere near as serious.

"The potential dangers for the economy are nowhere near as serious as the consequences of the housing collapse.

Nowhere near as serious as Susan Sontag's pain and illness, but still, my mother's pain was her own.

What has been verified in Perez's allegations is nowhere near as serious as the crimes that he himself confessed to.

Even so, there's nothing to suggest that key Jewish activists believe that antisemitism is any where near as serious as some make out.