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How to use serious in a sentence

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The bovicide caused serious damage to the front of the car, but only minor injuries to the victim's leg.
If recent headlines over the last few weeks can tell us anything, it is that America needs to get serious, and quickly, about E pluribus unum.
Their rash actions resulted in a serious accident that could have killed someone.
When she was 20, she was footloose and fancy-free, with no family or serious career to tie her down.
As she got older, you could observe a drift in her writing towards more serious subjects.
The factory faced serious fines for releasing dangerous chemicals into the river.
The serious message of the film is ruined by the bathos of its ridiculous ending.
The IAS audit showed that the Commission needs to keep up the momentum in its efforts to ensure business continuity in the event of serious disruptions.
She's a teacher who can talk to her students about serious subjects without sermonizing.
She was a dreamy young woman who never gave much serious thought to her future.
Wulfhere initially succeeded in restoring the power of Mercia, but the end of his reign saw a serious defeat by Northumbria.
Drug trafficking is widely regarded by lawmakers as a serious offense around the world.
Eighty percent tested positive for morbillivirus, which can cause serious disease in some animals and humans.
There were no serious invasions or raids of England by the Danes after this.
People charged with serious crimes may be required to provide a sample of DNA for matching purposes.
This has resulted in meticulous strict handling procedures with new cases of serious crime.
Raising steam from coal took a matter of hours which brought serious pollution problems.
Trevithick did not consider this a serious setback, but rather operator error.
In many parts of the country the fighting had caused serious devastation, although some other areas remained largely unaffected.
During the year he spent with his grandfather, a love of learning was born, with long hours spent in serious discussion and study.
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I covered the serious programmes too, and indeed, right from the start, I spent more time praising than blaming.
This edition is known for research articles which apply a serious academic approach to investigating less serious medical questions.
Richard and his forces aided in the capture of Acre, despite the king's serious illness.
Most common are the mototaxistas, who carry passengers or documents and usually break nothing more serious than traffic laws.
Singapore mitigates this through immigrant workers, but in Japan there is a serious demographic problem.
There were serious Chartist riots in the town in 1842 and again six years later.
It also criminalised the communication of threats of serious violence and threats intended to incite religious hatred.
In 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1836, dry rot and curl caused serious losses, and in 1835 the potato failed in Ulster.
The fiscal demands on the King's subjects caused resentment, and this resentment eventually led to serious political opposition.
Blotch is one of the most common and serious diseases of A. bisporus and is responsible for considerable losses.
Elites saw the movement as pathological, so the Chartists were unable to force serious constitutional debate.
In November, however, his doctor sent him to hospital and barred such travel, after a serious infection was diagnosed.
Waugh saw little action and was not wholly serious in his role as a war correspondent.
Caton, a publisher of barely legal pornography, who also issued serious fiction as a cover for his core activities.
The leading figure, Hugh MacDiarmid, attempted to revive the Scots language as a medium for serious literature.
Stevenson's parents were both devout and serious Presbyterians, but the household was not strict in its adherence to Calvinist principles.
Between 1815 and 1914, the Navy saw little serious action, owing to the absence of any opponent strong enough to challenge its dominance.
Gilbert finally proposed a comparatively serious opera, to which Sullivan agreed.
Careless use of these tools can cause serious bodily injury.
The production lasted for 155 consecutive performances, an unprecedented run for a serious opera, and earned good notices for its music.
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Although still comic, the tone and style of the work was considerably more serious and romantic than most of the operas with Gilbert.
Sullivan's score, moreover, was too serious for the Savoy audiences' tastes.
Sullivan never married, but he had serious love affairs with several women.
When Sullivan turned to comic opera with Gilbert, the serious critics began to express disapproval.
Sullivan's knighthood in 1883 gave the serious music critics further ammunition.
Since then, much of Sullivan's serious music and his operas without Gilbert have been recorded.
Gilbert's creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, and numerous short stories, poems and lyrics, both comic and serious.
After the tour, Barry Gibb began to battle a serious back problem, which required surgery.
Bowie received a serious injury at school in 1962 when his friend George Underwood punched him in the left eye during a fight over a girl.
Rococo art was even more elaborate than the Baroque, but it was less serious and more playful.
When Janey took May and Jenny to Oneglia in Italy, the latter suffered a serious seizure, with Morris rushing to the country to see her.
They opposed the Dutch petit bourgeois mentality by creating humorous works with a serious undertone.
He was angry that a Mini car that he had decorated for charity with his trademark spots was being exhibited as serious work.
For this reason alone, it was never in serious doubt that Elizabeth would embrace Protestantism.
The old more serious newspaper Berlingske Tidende shifted from broadsheet to tabloid format in 2006, while keeping the news profile intact.
The three biggest newspapers are VG, Dagbladet, and Aftenposten, the former the most sensationalist one and the latter more serious.
He suggests that it would have been a good thing if plant operators learned lessons that prevented future serious incidents.
Much more serious in its consequences was Lilburne's adoption of the quarrel of his uncle, George Lilburne, with Sir Arthur Hesilrige.
In fact, the most inversive of all such moves is Goffman's use of players as models for those involved in serious activities.
Spending summer and autumn 1836 in Trier, Marx became more serious about his studies and his life.
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Finally in 1859, Marx published A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, his first serious economic work.
A serious nervous disorder appeared in 1877 and protracted insomnia was a consequence, which Marx fought with narcotics.
The plunder of Aurangzeb's treasure ship had serious consequences for the English East India Company.
This lack of agreement had the potential to lead to serious international disputes.
The use of cocaine poses serious problems for the community and has a high potential for abuse.
Unregulated expansion into a region meant by nature to be range country did serious, often irreparate, damage to the land.
Since the latter half of the 20th century, historians have tended to revise James's reputation and treat him as a serious and thoughtful monarch.
Part 2 allows maximum imprisonment of 9 years or a fine of the fifth category if there are serious injuries.
The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.
In addition, the prosecution of all illegal border crossings takes the focus away from prosecuting more serious crimes.
The abortive siege of Roxborugh in 1436 under James I was probably the first conflict in which the Scots made serious use of artillery.
Samuel Johnson quoted him more often than any other author in his A Dictionary of the English Language, the first serious work of its type.
The incursions of barbarians from the north of the island repeatedly caused serious problems.
Perhaps those in Rome were too firmly convinced that troops in Britain were too far away to represent a serious threat.
The Temperance Reform was too serious a matter for trifling jokes and buffooneries.
As a nephew and supporter of King John, and as someone with a serious claim to the Scottish throne, Comyn was Bruce's enemy.
Impoverished, Charles could not obtain sufficient support to mount a serious challenge to Cromwell's government.
Most serious was the almost total failure to sell any goods to the few passing traders who put into the bay.
The economic effects were minimal, but they triggered serious political friction.
And Pharoahe and his crew definitely on some serious next level poetry type ishhh, and the next millennium rap is some next level poetry.
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The nematode Skrjabingylus nasicola is particularly serious to stoats, as it erodes the bones of the nasal sinuses and decreases fertility.
When living close to human habitations, the wildcat can be a serious poultry predator.
In Tajikistan, wolves are their most serious enemies, having been observed to destroy cat burrows.
Actual attacks on humans are rare, but can be serious, resulting in multiple penetrating injuries to the lower part of the body.
These wilding conifers are a serious environmental issue causing problems for pastoral farming and for conservation.
Fortunately the boat suffered no serious damage in the storm.
This is important to point out, as in case of serious injury it is in stark contrast to most modern legal systems.
The court operates under summary procedure and deals primarily with less serious criminal offences.
We believe it poses a serious danger to our national security.
Charles dissolved Parliament in January 1681, but the Whigs did not suffer serious losses in the ensuing election.
It would apply to serious offences where the penalty was life imprisonment or imprisonment for 14 years or more.
There are mitigating circumstances that reduce culpability, or when the defendant kills only with an intent to cause serious bodily harm.
It occurs where death results from serious negligence, or, in some jurisdictions, serious recklessness.
Early in the run, I began experiencing serious 'chub rub' between my bloated legs.
Submarines were very vulnerable to attack during launch, and a fully or partially fueled missile on deck was a serious hazard.
One must never speak ill of nonchronological storytelling in America, where it is considered innately more serious than the other kind.
Thus deprived of French dynastic backing after 1697, Jacobites posed no further serious threats during William's reign.
Spectator, both to entertain and to provoke discussion regarding serious philosophical matters.
This was the scene of one of the first serious railway accidents in the country, the Dee bridge disaster.
Victory over Napoleon left Britain without any serious international rival, other than Russia in Central Asia.
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The deaths of Tostig and Hardrada at Stamford Bridge left William as Harold's only serious opponent.
Philip gave lenient terms for settling the problems in Gascony, and the event was spoiled only by a serious fire in Edward's quarters.
I guess the room wasn't so bad, except for the climb to get there. The stairs were destined to be a serious health hazard.
As with any heavy industry, the possibility of serious injury or death was an everyday risk for the mine workers of the Rhondda Valley.
These shells, a mixture of high explosive and mustard gas, inflicted serious losses.
The issue of the empire's security was a serious concern in Britain, as it was vital to the British economy.
It was just a crazy jimjam lark, concocted by a fuddled brain, but it might have had most serious consequences for the innocent clerk.
The barges were successfully moved, but a more serious fight developed the following night when three of the Commissioners' steam tugs arrived.
And when the above account is framed in a joculous way, there is still a great deal of serious thought behind it.
They sit alone to preside over proceedings in more serious cases, usually involving remand, and in committal hearings.
In serious situations they are aided by RAF helicopters from RAF Chivenor or RAF Valley.
Feral goats have caused serious damage to native vegetation on the Galapagos archipelago.
Banks will react by tightening their credit conditions, that in turn leads to a credit crunch which does serious harm to the economy.
In December 2016, a serious accident was narrowly averted by the alertness of a driver.
There were rumors of plots and even of his escape, but in reality no serious attempts were made.
Prolonged pretrial detention is a serious problem, and judicial corruption, inefficiency, and executive interference undermine due process.
Second, we discuss the problem of karoshi, which is unique to Japan. Karoshi has become an increasingly serious problem.
Real cat fights are rare in established clowders. So instead of risking serious injury, cats resort to menace and threats.
Charlie Rice, of This Week magazine, is one of the few serious students of comicana around.
Although it had equipment capable of doing serious damage, the Luftwaffe had unclear strategy and poor intelligence.
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Such an event would have serious consequences on the future course of the war, should the Germans succeed.
This scheme did not however fully cover the costs of treatment in serious cases.
For the first time in over 30 years there was serious doubt among the public and the media as to whether Labour could ever return to government.
The government should implement this policy to cope with this serious problem.
Despite the possibility of two venues for trial, almost all criminal cases, however serious, commence in a magistrates' courts.
I think overruling a case or reconsidering a case is a very serious matter.
Appeals are allowed if the decision in the court below was incorrect, or suffered from a serious procedural error or irregularity.
The remainder are dealt with by Circuit judges and Recorders, although Recorders will normally handle less serious work than Circuit judges.
You should give some serious consideration to your retirement plans.
It is suggested that alternative punishments should be found for less serious offenders.
Assaults by prisoners on staff are rising with just under 700 causing serious injury.
Current chemotherapies for cancer are mostly cytotoxics with serious side effects and high incidence of drug resistance.
A serious risk with underwater tunnels is major water inflow due to the pressure from the sea above, under weak ground conditions.
I might have to break up with Nora, she has serious daddy issues that she need to sort out before dating anyone again.
They attacked command and logistics areas and bypassed points of serious resistance.
Her injuries were serious enough to require hospital admission.
Although often accepted as an advance in some ways, there was some opposition, due to serious adverse effects such as tardive dyskinesia.
Examples of serious leisurists are the hobbyists who fully dedicate available time and effort to their hobby.
If this oil is not cleared from the cylinders prior to starting the engine, serious damage due to hydrostatic lock may occur.
This industry standard ejection seat can cause the heavier than usual helmet to inflict serious injury on lightweight pilots.
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If we had been deprived of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be deprived of philosophy.
A principal virtue of Rorty's recognition of both the lightminded and the serious side of irony is to urge us in that direction.
It was an effective means of propulsion under ideal conditions but otherwise had serious drawbacks.
Lack of expansive working, or any means of control of the cutoff, is also a serious problem with many such designs.
This problem is less serious with electrical signalling such as Centralized traffic control.
However, towards the end of the 19th century the economy began declining, and by the 1940s Malta's economy was in serious crisis.
Language poses a serious problem for the older generation and for women working at home.
As a result, homelessness is a serious issue faced by many elderly retirees.
This demand for rental fields came at a time when the rest of the industry was struggling and in serious decline.
The risk of its extinction is serious and efforts to revive interest in the language are being implemented by scholars.
I doubt if that congregation was ever so serious at a sermon as they were during this performance.
So serious was the deterioration of the meetinghouse that by the middle 1990s it was impossible to use the building at all.
A serious drought in 1785 and 1786 caused a die-off of cattle, which ruined many peasant families, especially in the south.
Witchcraft related violence is often discussed as a serious issue in the broader context of violence against women.
But this guy was serious, using online payment services and dogpiling her e-mail box within minutes, requesting expedited shipping.
If you want to quit smoking, you have to make a serious effort.
Romanticism tended to regard satire as something unworthy of serious attention, a prejudice still influential today.
The story raises serious questions about our system of justice.
It is with this ambiguity in mind that one can begin a serious deconstructive, or doublehanded, reading of Levinas's work.
We all had on tuxedos and the women were in their dresses and serious patrician shoes and splendid earwear.
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When she was 30 and living at home, Julian suffered from a serious illness.
At the age of thirty, 13 May 1373, Julian was struck with a serious illness.
After his accidental demise, the play suddenly becomes serious and takes on a tragic tone.
In 1647, a serious illness that nearly killed him disabled him for six months.
There was a swing away from comedy to serious political drama, reflecting preoccupations and divisions following on the political crisis.
During 1820 Keats displayed increasingly serious symptoms of tuberculosis, suffering two lung haemorrhages in the first few days of February.
He employed paradox, while making serious comments on the world, government, politics, economics, philosophy, theology and many other topics.
He also argues that individuals should be prevented from doing lasting, serious harm to themselves or their property by the harm principle.
In 1941 Blyton met Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters, a London surgeon with whom she began a serious affair.
A typical e-begging video is in serious tone, with an artificially humble YouTuber explaining some recent crisis they've had to endure.
During these final years Lawrence renewed a serious interest in oil painting.
A faanish fan is considered lacking in serious interest by some other fans, whom he regards as humorless and stuffy.
During the Restoration period, on the other hand, he endeavoured to encourage serious tastes.
For a student of such a serious subject as literature that lad is the most incorrigible flibberty-gibbet.
In August 1975, however, Plant and his wife Maureen were involved in a serious car crash while on holiday in Rhodes, Greece.
In the mid-1950s we both wrote for the same weekly, where her contributions were a good deal more serious and less flippant than mine.
But that jolly crowd, composed mostly of athletes and footballists, had little mind for the serious affairs of life, and nothing was done.
The Sunrise group threw several large acid house raves in Britain which gathered serious press attention.
The outcry over forced labor is a serious blow to the ruling Communist Party.
Robinson notes that this was an innovation in comedy films, and marked the time when serious critics began to appreciate Chaplin's work.
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He was naturally of a serious temper, which was somewhat soured by his sufferings, so that he was free only with a few.
In fact, for lack of any serious competition in the 1920s, the LSO allowed its standards of playing to slip.
Oh those freebooters taking our videos! I'm sick of it. Freebooting, you know, it's a serious issue!
We sailed full and by for quite a while before getting down to serious navigation.
The race may also be restarted in the event of a serious accident or dangerous conditions, with the original start voided.
However, there remain serious concerns about the depth of the sport in Britain, with the number of club athletes reportedly in decline.
Busby was initially unable to assume his duties due to the serious injuries he sustained in the Munich air disaster.
Following the 2005 Ashes win, the team suffered from a spate of serious injuries to key players such as Vaughan, Flintoff, Giles and Simon Jones.
In fact, Pratt was on the field owing to a genuinely serious injury to Simon Jones, which has kept him out of international cricket since.
The injury was thought to be particularly serious, but he made a full recovery before the Third and final test on 14 July.
Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.
I'm in serious need of some ugandan activities. Any of you birds out there at a loose end and want to get the dirty water off your chest?
Ahmadinejad, facing serious political problems, can posture about standing up to the Great Satan.
Greenpeace had reason to suspect that recent tests had opened a crack in the atoll, causing a serious radiation leak.
In December 2016 it was announced that Moss had been taken ill and admitted to hospital in Singapore with a serious chest infection.
Hats off to the Jamaican bobsled team for their able representation of their country in the Olympics against serious obstacles.
In March 1986, Frank Williams faced the most serious challenge of his life.
Lotus's 1971 experiments did not bring any serious advance in technology, but allowed Chapman to test several drivers.
It was clear that Davis had a serious problem and ultimately one he would never recover from.
Although the milling machine was invented at this time, it was not developed as a serious workshop tool until somewhat later in the 19th century.
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As a result, the country suffered serious neglect, a lack of infrastructural development and major destruction and displacement.
Recruitment of child soldiers has also been cited as a serious problem in the country.
Crime rates vary widely by area, ranging from parts with serious issues to parts considered very safe.
But given the funny hats and juvenile hijinx, it's hard to buy the play's more serious intentions.
The region follows closely the historic boundaries of the three Ridings, and there is no serious debate about boundaries.
The loss of this sense is a serious loss in a society such as ours that has found nothing to replace it.
The Northern Ireland government requested the British Army to aid the police, who were exhausted after several nights of serious rioting.
In a serious lapse of security, assistance only arrived after two calls to the Palace police switchboard.
Prior to being officially announced, it was widely speculated that a June date for the referendum was a serious possibility.
Archaeologists suspect that a serious disruption of the tin trade precipitated the transition.
Cumberland's forces crushed the uprising and effectively ended Jacobitism as a serious political force in Britain.
They were driven out of the Austrian Netherlands, and serious revolts flared in the west and south of France.
One of these, at Toulon, was the first serious taste of action for an unknown young artillery officer Napoleon Bonaparte.
Victory over Napoleonic France left the British without any serious international rival, other than perhaps Russia in central Asia.
Suffering from asthma and gout, Disraeli went out as little as possible, fearing more serious episodes of illness.
When a plow hits a rock or other solid obstruction, serious damage may result unless the plow is equipped with some safety device.
Such kidnapping rarely results in serious injury or death with infant patas monkeys.
The Second Samnite War, from 327 BC to 304 BC, was much longer and more serious for both the Romans and Samnites.
Udet realised his limitations, and his failures in the production and development of German aircraft would have serious long term consequences.
Not until the Jeradi Pass in the northern Sinai did the IDF run into serious opposition.
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What Treasury officials had told Macmillan was far less serious than what he told the Cabinet.
Production of serious plays was restricted to the patent theatres, and new plays were subject to censorship by the Lord Chamberlain's Office.
The failure of Sunningdale led to the serious consideration in London until November 1975 of independence.
Margaret Tebbit was left permanently paralysed, while her husband's injuries were less serious.
By 1990, at least 197 UDR soldiers had been convicted of loyalist terrorist offences and other serious crimes, including 19 convicted of murder.
The most serious of these happened on 31 March 1990, during a protest at Trafalgar Square, London.
Her strategy was to destroy the NF attack by agreeing that many Britons did have serious fears that needed to be addressed.
On the other hand, a homeowner who has no equity is a serious default risk.
In 1953, it was the scene of a serious maritime disaster, the sinking of the ferry Princess Victoria.
Advocates of plurality voting suggest that this results in most serious candidates having to present a fairly moderate or centrist position.
Although the settlers survived by farming and fishing, the initial period of settlement was marked by serious tensions among them.
Jeff this is serious awesome sauce. You get my vote if you can make this happen.
The Bindlestiffs prove that even in the most mondo-bizarro town, it's worth it to seek out serious freakdom.
Less serious criminal offences which can be dealt with under summary procedure are handled by local Justice of the Peace Courts.
The Crown Court hears all serious criminal cases which are committed to trial.
More serious crimes, and appeals from solemn proceedings in the Sheriff Courts, are heard by the High Court of Justiciary.
The High Court of Justiciary deals with serious criminal matters, such as Murder, and the Court of Session is Scotland's supreme civil court.
A more serious disagreement came in 1983 when Washington did not consult with London on the invasion of Grenada.
The Kenyan Government contends that British Troops may have been involved in unsolved serious violent crimes in Nanyuki.
I was so serious that I probably offended a lot of people who didn't appreciate my stern attitude and hyperdisciplined approach.
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Genocide at Srebrenica is the most serious war crime that any Serbs were convicted of.
Breaches of the Geneva Conventions is the most serious war crime that Bosniaks were convicted of.
Tokyo is an example of an urban heat island, and the phenomenon is especially serious in its special wards.
According to the EU, this is the first serious reform of sugar under the CAP for 40 years.
Some studies find no harm to employment from federal of state minimum wages, others see a small one, but none finds any serious damage.
An estimate of 7,230,660 for the first census held in 1831 is considered a serious undercount, as this census was meant only to register possible conscripts.
The British naval blockade began to have a serious impact on Germany.
Even Lucian's most playful exercises in adoxography, such as the Iudicium Vocalium or the Musica, can be rewritten and integrated into serious debate on contemporary issues.
Whereof at present we have endeavoured a long and serious adviso.
But the harmost and the Spartan garrison still retained their hold on their Akropoleis, or citadels, as a guarantee that Spartan interests should suffer no serious injury.
Pelham was, in spite of his youth, an artillerist of the first order of excellence, and his loss was a serious one, in spite of his inferior rank.
Stop making fun of people with Assburgers. It's a serious health issue.
By turns she could be goofy and serious, playful and big-sisterly stern.
He had serious doubts that the person behind it, which he assumed was Varik, would be so crass and blundersome if he wanted to seriously threaten Marcus' existence.
Ms. Leopold... said today that she saw the attack, for which she received more than 50 stitches, as more of a bump in the road than a serious deterrence to her goal.
A heated, in-door pool flanked by sumptuous daybeds where dark-slated walls, fiber-optic mood lighting, underwater sound system, and soothing waterfall deliver serious chill.
Liquids in intimate contact with metals, such as seawater, acids alkides and alkalies, are serious corroders for a large variety of metals and alloys.
Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.
Nobody made serious complaint about the lamb trade but the sheep phase was debacular. Only an idiot or a charlatan would attempt anything of auguristic nature at this moment.
If the patient had no serious hemorrhoids or defecatory, urinary, or erectile dysfunction and the device was not displaced, we considered the surgery to be successful.
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I never demagogued on our serious questions and stood for civil liberties.
This glorious collection should be passed around clubland as a textbook study in making a seamless transition from being a disco dolly to a serious pop vocalist.
Back when the dorgi had been a small puppy he had ignored the more serious lessons and only seemed to be interested in the darker animal myths and legends.
A moment of ecchi for comic relief in an otherwise serious story.
At first glance, degeneracy, a concept based on properties of extreme point solutions, does not seem to be as serious a problem for IPMs as it is for simplex methods.
In the old days of Magic the Gathering, the flavor text was almost all serious, sometimes even with quotes from Shakespeare or Edgar Allen Poe thrown in.
In the 20th century the Scottish Renaissance saw a surge of literary activity and attempts to reclaim the Scots language as a medium for serious literature.
The Chartists were unable to force serious constitutional debate.
For the American bison, the main cause of illness is malignant catarrhal fever, though brucellosis is a serious concern in the Yellowstone Park bison herd.
The daggers that largely replaced swords in chief's graves in the west were probably not serious weapons, but badges of rank, and used at the table.
The third and final uprising was the most serious, involving ultimately between 120,000 and 150,000 slaves under the command of the gladiator Spartacus.
The most serious attacks took place in 1009, when a Viking army took up position over the winter period on the Isle of Wight and ravaged Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire.
Samuel was stern, serious and deeply in earnest. He seldom smiled and never laughed. He was uncompromisingly religious, conscientious and morally unbending.
The plague struck various countries in the Middle East during the pandemic, leading to serious depopulation and permanent change in both economic and social structures.
The power of the court itself did not outlive Wolsey, however, since no serious administrative reform was undertaken and its role was eventually devolved to the localities.
His characters become more complex and tender as he switches deftly between comic and serious scenes, prose and poetry, and achieves the narrative variety of his mature work.
Charles shared his father's belief in the Divine Right of Kings, and his assertion of this led to a serious breach between the Crown and the English Parliament.
However, the scrutiny provided by the Select Committees is more serious.
It is also possible for the House of Commons to expel a member, but this power is exercised only in cases of serious misconduct or criminal activity.
Since then, no serious attempt to restore the Stuart heir has been made.
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A series of serious crop failures in the late 19th century led to widespread famines on the subcontinent in which it is estimated that over 15 million people died.
There were outbreaks of serious violence, including property destruction and the ambushing of police convoys, in the Potteries and the West Riding.
Correspondence with his wife shows that his intent in taking up active service was to rehabilitate his reputation, but this was balanced by the serious risk of being killed.
There is a huge democratic deficit in its functioning, a serious bias towards the interests of neoliberalism and 'the market', and central institutions have been overbuilt.
Sloan, in contrast, all but erased the social importance of the Koshare as mischief makers and satirists, instead presenting only their more serious religious function.
The quarter sessions were local courts assembled four times a year to dispose of criminal cases which were not serious enough to go before a High Court judge.
On 26 November, James's daughter Princess Anne did the same, and James returned to London the same day, never again to be at the head of a serious military force in England.
In 2005 Eurotunnel was described as being in a serious situation.
The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over.
There were shows where they let us not use a laugh track... and portions of shows. Whenever they were in the O.R. or serious surgery, there was no laugh track.
In 1988, Yates made his first serious film When I Was a Girl in Swindon.
In 2010 they were relegated to the Championship, and amid serious financial difficulties in February 2012, they were further relegated to League One.
In 1846, together with Charles Lyell, he produced a lengthy and detailed report on a serious explosion in the colliery at Haswell County Durham, which killed 95 miners.
Belief in witchcraft continues to be present today in some societies and accusations of witchcraft are the trigger of serious forms of violence, including murder.
The problem is particularly serious among immigrant or former immigrant communities of African origin but other communities, such as those of Asian origin are also involved.
For more serious misdeeds, a boy is summoned from his lessons to the Head Master, or Lower Master if the boy is in the lower two years, to talk personally about his misdeeds.
Realising that it was a serious fire, they called the Penge fire brigade.
In Victoria, Australia, a search of state records found that equestrian sports had the third highest incidence of serious injury, after motor sports and power boating.
The three JPs now presumed that the case was too serious for Palmer to remain at Beverley House of Correction, and demanded sureties for his appearance at York Assizes.
Russell's eldest son John suffered from serious mental illness, which was the source of ongoing disputes between Russell and his former wife Dora.

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