Example sentences for: seriousness

How can you use “seriousness” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Visiting all the major regions of Mallorca with any degree of seriousness would require several weeks, while most of much-smaller Menorca can be seen in a week’s time.

  • In brief, Portilla’s definition states, “In summary, relajo can be defined as the suspension of seriousness that rejects a value maintained by a group of people” (25).

  • "Among the dozens of reviewers of Hitler's Willing Executioners , Ruth Bettina Birn and Norman Finkelstein stand out for the seriousness and thoroughness with which they have undertaken their task.

  • A few stick up for the embattled author, arguing that though "the ideas expressed aren't complicated," Purdy "grapples with them with a seriousness that puts more seasoned--and ironic--commentators to shame" ( Publishers Weekly ). Walter Kirn, writing in Time , seems a bit gleeful at the fact that "the brainy nature boy has stormed the capital, panicking the languid sophisticates with an unfashionably passionate attack on the dangers of passionlessness," only to later concede that the book is "an arduous read that would test the syntactical skills of a tenured professor."

  • Once again, hats off to Susan Faludi for the authenticity of her effort and the seriousness of her subject.


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