Sentence examples for serious comes from inspiring English sources
"Surely, you can't be serious," comes the answer.
While the Federal Reserve and the New York State Banking Department took the Bank of New York to task for lax auditing and risk management procedures in businesses involving international banking, funds transfers and stock listings for foreign companies, the fact that the regulators' actions were not more serious comes as something of a relief for the bank.
Were they serious, coming out here?
The signs that the storms were serious came early.
The most serious came during arrests, which were often violent when people resisted.
Finally, it was decided to get a minister from Yale, and Charles Roland, very young and serious, came to North Monroe.
The most serious came just before its formal entry into the European Union in May 2004, the so-called "Annan plan".
Favre, who said the injury was not serious, came out in the third quarter and did not return.
From her lips, calm and serious, came a paean to the furtive longing of adolescence, that "first pure thrill of unreluctant desire".
"He's an energetic guy who keeps the room pretty upbeat, but someone who gets pretty serious come game time," Crosby said.
