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How to use the word serious in a Sentence?

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The fact is that there is a serious danger of this country becoming a pluto-democracy; that is, a sham republic with the real government in the hands of a small clique of enormously wealthy men, who speak through their money, and whose influence, even today, radiates to every corner of the United States.

William Gibbs McAdoo

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3 months ago

Street Organ Of A Serious Hustler With A Back Bones, Pains And Pains Yet To Be The Greatest Fear, But High Frequency Will Abolish That Drama

Michael

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7 months ago

Safer & Better world can not be achieved without a serious commitment to an energy mix and a clear path for decarbonization by the major energy consumers.

Sofiane Ben Tounes

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9 months ago

Thousands of victims – particularly women and children – are at very serious risk because of the Fifth Circuit’s ruling in this case as are potential victims of future mass shootings, often perpetrated by domestic abusers.

Douglas Letter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

American debt is a ticking time bomb that will detonate unless we take serious, responsible action.

Kevin McCarthy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The difference this year than the previous years : the Congress has made a serious investment in improving customer service.

Wally Adeyemo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Without exaggeration American debt is a ticking time bomb that will detonate unless we take serious responsible action. Yet, how has President Biden reacted to this issue? He has done nothing. So in my view, and I think the rest of America, it’s irresponsible.

Speaker McCarthy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These questions of whether the plaintiffs have the kind of real-world injury that is necessary to get into court, and whether their claim was timely or filed too late apply across the board in federal lawsuits, there are serious questions on whether the Supreme Court is willing to endorse the district’s court’s very broad approach to those questions.

Supreme Court

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There are serious questions on whether the Supreme Court is willing to endorse the district’s court’s very broad approach to those questions.

Supreme Court litigator Andrew Pincus

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He was so happy that that night would be the last of the scenes that involved weapons, he was so looking forward to his next project, which was to be a film that did not include any martial arts. I felt so happy for him that he had reached his goal of being signed as a serious dramatic actor.

Linda Lee Cadwell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We had a lot of serious conversations right off the bat – where we were financially, what our aspirations were, where we were politically, what our relationships with our family were like, and what we really wanted out of life if we were going to have another serious relationship. trail Aaron were both very much on Trail Aaron own path, and Trail Aaron were both taking Trail Aaron lives and Trail Aaron careers very seriously.

Trail Aaron

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was the night in Salt Lake City that we decided to really go all in, we had a lot of serious conversations right off the bat – where we were financially, what our aspirations were, where we were politically, what our relationships with our family were like, and what we really wanted out of life if we were going to have another serious relationship.

Patricia Toro It

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Certainly, the Court would not impose a gag order at this time even if it were requested, such restraints are the most serious and least intolerable on First Amendment rights. That does apply doubly to Mr. Trump, because he is a candidate for the presidency of the United States.

Juan Merchan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I watched a colleague of mine try a shooting case where someone got shot, so he’s able to try those very serious violent crimes and then switch, maybe someone who was a serial shoplifter and then charged with grand larceny and is in mental health treatment court because they had mental health issues, he was able to handle the wide range of cases and do them all fairly.

Brendan Tracy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In the history of the lake, created in the early 1980s, this is the first time that this situation has been so serious.

Boris Rouquet

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We understood that they would not forgive us for this. We knew that there would be a serious retribution.

Olha Piliarska

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’ve requested increases to be able to do that, especially given the role that the Department plays in imposing sanctions, we are a target of a serious number of cyberattacks and we are investing very heavily in cybersecurity to meet very high standards.

Janet Yellen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I landed on my left side so the injuries were more serious there, it was as if someone just beat me up real bad.

Courtesy Mike Mike

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I do think that the charges are much more serious against Trump related to the election, but falsifying business records can also be a crime. (I’m more skeptical about combining that in a state court with a federal campaign finance violation.).

Richard Hasen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I do think there’s a part of him that does view this as a political asset, because he can use it to paint the other, more serious legal jeopardy he faces either in Georgia or the Department of Justice, as they’re politically motivated.

Marc Short

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So, I’m in that camp of wanting to have these serious discussions because I know that many in my caucus don’t seem to be in that camp.

Joe Manchin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s profoundly dangerous and bad, this is the conduct, the quisling approach to strong men, that gets countries into very serious trouble.

Matt Bennett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is a serious car. This is a race car, you know, it’s not going to be a smooth-riding drive-it-to-church car.

Tim Kuniskis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A number of animals are being abandoned that have serious medical issues, the only thing we can guess is that people just ca n’t afford those expenses, and they’re hoping by dropping off [ their pets ] at our facility that we’re going to be able to pick up the slack. And we do as best we can, but it’s really putting a strain on our resources.

Joe Labriola

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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