Sentence examples for seriousness of the moment from inspiring English sources

One hopes Governor Bush appreciates the seriousness of the moment.

If nothing else, the blind man understood the seriousness of the moment.

In back-to-back speeches, they described him as a leader whose historic promise had fizzled, who was intent on demonizing them and unable to conduct a campaign that matched the seriousness of the moment.

During 45 minutes of questioning, he made no verbal slip of any significance, resorted to humor at times, and otherwise conveyed the seriousness of the moment through a new gravitas -- seeming grayer, graver and more comfortable in the role.

Out of court, he is informal, colloquial and pungent in his speech, occasionally moody and brusque, sometimes stormy, and often playful, even at serious moments, but without violating his sense of the seriousness of the moment.

The candles, flowers, and cards speak to something deeper, more vital than the supernatural: in general sorrow, a profound need for community, in which the massed cameras and their self-important minders play an important role by proving the global seriousness of the moment.

"It is incredible that the fate of the Palestinian people has been in the hands of leaders so entirely casual, so guided by spur-of-the-moment decisions, without seriousness.

Moreover, we need to use the momentum and seriousness of this moment to do substantive community building.

"Stewart, in that post-9/11 period, he took those moments of seriousness, the moment where the comic needs to turn earnest – these symbolically important moments" and made them his own, Scepanski said.

His wild statements over the last few days demonstrate once again that he knows nothing of America's past, and even more alarming, he does not understand the seriousness of this global moment, and the consequences of his words which reverberate around the world in the seconds it takes for him to tweet them or speak them to a reporter.

Perhaps sensing the desperation of the moment and the seriousness of a 45-39 halftime deficit, Bryant wasted no time trying to make up for a sluggish first two quarters after having his ankle retaped at halftime.