Sentence examples for serious playing from inspiring English sources

On Saturday he was circumspect and serious, playing down the significance of facing his adopted country but insisting that Russia believe they can beat anyone, even if the players know they are the underdogs.

Then he got serious, playing patiently, betting big and bluffing often but rarely sharing in the laughs.

It wasn't the perfect setting for serious playing or attentive listening.

And humor was never totally absent: among all the serious playing, DJ Olive cued a recording of a woman screaming, like a panicked moll in a B-movie.

The Bengals passively addressed their iffy guard situation by signing oversized free agent Max Jean-Gilles and drafting Clint Boling in the fourth round; neither figures to push for serious playing time in 2011.

PAGE D4 FROM LONG SHOT TO BIG SHOTS Before getting serious playing time with the San Antonio Spurs, Roger Mason Jr. played overseas and languished on the Washington Wizards bench.

The women, as always in Poland when things are serious, play a vital part in this movement of public opinion.

Las Vegas can be the home to some serious players, playing for serious money, playing serious games.

This is a serious play for serious people.

Mathematicians, when they work, engage in intensely serious play.

HUDSON Carrie Haddad Gallery "Serious Play," group show.