Sentence examples for seriousness behind from inspiring English sources

It was improvisational but not arbitrary; there was seriousness behind the sneer.

Since this is a funny piece, it's refreshing to hear of the seriousness behind Mr. Taylor's humor.

I can't think of anyone else who had such utterly dark, painful experiences and yet was able to present them in a funny way that never detracted from the seriousness behind them.

Yet he assures us that there's a small element of seriousness behind the silly, "or at least some satire of our celebrity obsession" when he introduces games like "What does Katy Perry's cat care about?".

The fact it has already deployed one-third of the capital in under a year — a feat that seemed very unlikely last year — shows the seriousness behind the project.

"I'm not meeting many pilgrims," he said, in all seriousness, from behind the wheel.

A poet's growing consciousness of himself, of the real seriousness hidden behind his mask of comedy, and of the world around him is presented with that characteristic blend of humour and pathos which is later given such lively expression in his "play for voices," Under Milk Wood (1954).

Deep sincerity and seriousness lay behind the General's colorful words, and the men well knew it, but they loved the way he put it as only he could do it".

In this scene De Heer embraces his protagonist's ability to express himself while skewering the crowd for not grasping the seriousness and pain behind Bubby's beat-poetry gone bad.

Calder took everything seriously except seriousness.

And it's a tribute, in a sense -- above and beyond being further evidence of the ambition and seriousness of purpose behind the novel.