SERIOUSLY in a Sentence

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For SERIOUSLY, below is one of 420 sentences:
These men began straggling in, singly and in groups, the less seriously wounded supporting those who limped and staggered.

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 Meanings and Examples of SERIOUSLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
seriously
 ad.  in a serious or literal manner; gravely; solemnly; in earnest; without levity
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She was quick to learn, but forgetful and dreamy, and not disposed to take the matter seriously.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  Most small people who take themselves seriously are a little ridiculous; but the bantam cock is respected in the barnyard, and so it was with Gerald.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  Charles' aunt, Miss Pittypat Hamilton, had written her several times, urging her to permit Scarlett to come to Atlanta for a long visit, and now for the first time Ellen considered it seriously.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
4  Charles' Uncle Henry Hamilton, who lived in bachelor state at the Atlanta Hotel near the depot, also talked seriously to her on this subject.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  These men began straggling in, singly and in groups, the less seriously wounded supporting those who limped and staggered.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
6  It did not occur to Scarlett that Carreen had taken Brent's death so seriously and that her grief was unhealed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
7  Should she take him seriously, she would be forced to quarrel with him and she did not care to match swords, for she always came off second best.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
8  "No, I can't say they do," he answered seriously, as though giving the matter due thought.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
9  Oh, Rhett, you take it so seriously you're funny.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
10  She admitted that she was taking herself too seriously; that villagers gape at every one.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  The presence of the baby had made her take Gopher Prairie and the brown house seriously, as natural places of residence.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
12  Well, my dear, if I DID take all your notions seriously, it would be pretty discouraging.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
13  He looked down at the baby seriously.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
14  As though it was comfortably understood that he did not mean to be taken seriously.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
15  She no longer took Aunt Bessie Smail seriously enough to struggle for independence.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Wind and wave power are now being seriously canvassed as the solution to our energy problems.
17  The candidate was seriously damaged by the sleaze factor.
18  Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital.
19  The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife.
20  Let's talk seriously about your future.
21  This scandal could prove seriously damaging to the government.
22  Taking these drugs could seriously endanger your health.
23  Smoking can seriously damage your health.
24  His health began to deteriorate quite seriously.
25  I'm sorry to hear that he has been seriously ill.
26  Over a hundred people were injured, in several cases seriously.
27  Downing Street is taking the French opinion polls very seriously indeed.
28  Police are taking the terrorists' threats of a bombing campaign very seriously indeed.
29  The allegations are being treated very seriously indeed.
30  The strike has sent the plans for investment seriously awry.