Sentence examples for serious kid from inspiring English sources

Random sample: "So I was — I was a pretty — like — serious kid, though.

In that bastion of sniffy Wasp insularity, Kerry stood out as a Catholic and as an unabashedly ambitious and serious kid.

One day, Mr. Danza asked Mr. Gordon-Levitt to join him on one of their regular inline-skating excursions around the Oakland Coliseum, and "He told me, 'No, today I'm going to follow the director around and try and figure out what lens he's going to use.' Even as a 12-year-old, he was a serious kid".

The boy is a quiet, serious kid, and he watches intently as Big Al demonstrates the artistry, diligence, and perseverance involved in making those intricate little balls, all the while delivering a monologue on a different kind of respect: the self-respect that comes from a job well done.

All his life, Win had been the kind of studious, serious kid who had his nose in a book, who studied without prodding to get good grades, who worried enough on his own about doing well that his parents never had to.

"A rather serious kid.

"Serious kidding around" is another key to success, Mr. Sizer added, noting that "when things are fun, you pay attention".

"For some mysterious sociocultural reason we have been 'the serious kids in the neighborhood,"' Mario Waissbluth, a business consultant here, acknowledged recently in an essay for the newspaper La Tercera.

I had abandoned all care for my appearance and looked extra sketchy and beardy to all the serious kids who brought little snacks and juice boxes in sanctioned Ziplock bags.

I'm not this serious racist kid everyone thinks I am".

I found out it was better to get rid of people that didn't really care and just really focus on the kids that wanted to be there — the really serious, competitive kids.