Sentence examples for play serious from inspiring English sources

"I wanted to play serious and grownup".

If you're Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, or Meryl Streep, you play serious roles.

Short Al himself did not play serious baseball, but he ran track at Lincoln High School.

We play serious basketball around here, but we're also serious about life.

When he began training his daughters, it was widely believed that women could not play serious tournament chess.

That stuff could play serious or play funny, but it would engage viewers in a way that they aren't now".

I had not played serious bridge for years.

Although no one in his home played serious chess, Kramnik learned to play when he was four years old from his father.

He insists he won't return to playing serious tournament chess, but pulling strings behind the scenes as a coach is the next best thing.

Environmentalists criticized the decision, with David Hogan of the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson saying, "Fish and Wildlife is playing serious politics, and the loser is America's endangered wildlife".

Only two of the team had ever really played serious cricket before, and Bardwell didn't win a single match in either of their first two seasons.