| 单词 | seriously |
| 例句 | He seemed to get seriously ill very quickly. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Marty, seriously. I don’t know why you’re upset. If you want to fill me in, great. Otherwise, I don’t know what to tell you.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The Italian, whose head covered with patent leather curls aroused in women an irrepressible need to sigh, dealt with Amaranta as with a capricious little girl who was not worth taking seriously. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He pull back the notebook and mark a big 1 over top the VI I see that he seriously means to charge me double. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew the gods had a hard time taking mortals seriously, even half-bloods. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But this was in 1997, before Korean Air took its power distance issues seriously. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Coraline could hear the smile in his voice, and she tried extra hard to sound like an adult might sound, to make him take her seriously. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It was three weeks before the big day, and I started practicing seriously. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’m staying with Dad,” he says seriously, leaning forward. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I mean, seriously, what reason could there have been for this? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Teachers would say to the rest of the class, ‘I only wish the rest of you took reading as seriously as Richard obviously does.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The older boys take everything much more seriously—the drilling, the weapons training, the endless military parades. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “But I take music seriously. So, yeah, it was disappointing.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Later, when Blaine was in the bedroom, Araminta said, “Shans an interesting character. Don’t take her too seriously when you meet her.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Tell her I read her post, and that I had no idea she would take everything so seriously,” Meg says, lacing her arm behind James. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I have been ill, seriously ill, and the only thing to do is to power through the day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “You would do well to take it seriously. Its actions may determine the future of this city.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My stomach clenched at the sight of them, but when I opened and closed my hands I could tell they were just painfully skinned, not seriously injured. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But seriously, and without snobbery, think of what the world would lose if that should happen. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like, seriously, we are Zamoras! Let’s stop looking defeated and take some action!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It was the only time Sierra had ever seen them look seriously at each other. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Brenner, seriously wounded, managed to stumble down the mountain to a road and was rescued by some passing teenagers in a pickup truck. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We may conclude...that any change in the numerical proportions of some of the inhabitants, independently of the change of climate itself, would most seriously affect many of the others. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He spoke seriously to his friends about smuggling weapons into that country and joining the struggle to end apartheid. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He considers this very seriously, then he grabs his little pad and scribbles out a new prescription for me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z At times he thought seriously of going with all his sorrows to see the chaplain, but the chaplain seemed so overburdened with miseries of his own that Major Major shrank from adding to his troubles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He said this seriously, like he was trying to help me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He’s got to get himself together before he can get seriously involved with someone else. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I decide to ponder this seriously while making some waffles for breakfast. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z She looks at me seriously, and she says, “Djo, I have been living on your island for six days now. It is the only place I live.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z This, Winston was aware, was not meant altogether seriously, but somehow it fitted in with the general ideology of the Party. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Her dour frown met Sandoval’s humorless eyes, and it looked like a competition to see who could take my situation more seriously. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I mean, seriously, it was like Ms. Medina was suddenly talking in a made-up language that everyone else in class seemed to understand but me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Thank you, then, for taking my lemon so seriously,” Imogen said. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Though seriously ill with an intestinal disorder that would eventually prove fatal, Jefferson summoned up the energy for one final spasm of eloquence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Tyger had often boasted that to be a professional party guest was his life’s ambition, but Rowan had never taken him seriously. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Dr. Johnson shook hands with my mother, very seriously. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Am I really awake, or am I having a horrible dream?’ is a question we seriously asked ourselves many times. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay. But, seriously, is Candy Man always that funny?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Quincy, flushed and happy, agreed to all this, but more seriously he warned Johnny to watch out for himself. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We spoke for a few minutes, and because I wasn’t really seriously considering a job, I was loose, sarcastic. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And, without missing a beat, he adds, But seriously, what if my voice cracks and everyone throws tomatoes and then they pull me off the stage with an old-timey hook?? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Clearly Tad wanted to be taken seriously, and if they got out of here, Frankie would have to come up with something to tell him to make him back off. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And I, being young myself, took these pronouncements of Henry’s very seriously. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Oresme took the idea of a rotating earth seriously, and thus prefigures Copernicus. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Next he took a mobile phone out of his pocket and put it next to his plate and looked at it very seriously. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z But that’s probably one of the reasons the other factions don’t take our opinions or decisions seriously. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Neither. Leonardo all the way,” I say seriously. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Because, seriously, liver would make anything taste gross. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He had never looked at her seriously before, she thought; until now he had always been like an adult indulging a child in a pretty trick. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Yeager took every question seriously and acted like he had all the time in the world for me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If the nails are too long, you can’t take the person seriously, too short, she has problems. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Abeg. I’ve heard that before. I still regret that day, my plantain seriously suffered. I think you ate most of them as soon as I removed them from the frying pan.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z One of our sloth bears became seriously ill with severe hemorrhagic enteritis after being given fish that had gone putrid by a man who was convinced he was doing a good deed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Octavian, son of Apollo, you should take this more seriously. Even Romans respected your father’s Oracle of Delphi.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Uncle said half seriously that it was associating with demons that had made Red Rabbit so lazy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s whatever, Natalie. I don’t care anymore. And I know what happened, by the way. With you guys breaking into the lab—which is seriously stupid.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I folded her hands together and tucked them under her chin like she was thinking seriously about the future. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But Juliet was family, and there was obviously something seriously wrong with his baby sister. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In this case we will show that the evidence that the State will produce is seriously flawed. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z “That is seriously amazing. Can you tell us what you did to help us survive on this island?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “It does not mean anything. They give extreme unction to anyone who is seriously ill,” Mama whispered, when Papa and Father Benedict left. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was clear, furthermore, she was a housekeeper who took her work very seriously, and in spite of her youth she seemed to have no difficulty gaining the respect of her staff. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z His mom had finally bought him one last Christmas with some of the back pay she’d received after convincing some doctor that, seriously, she had a repetitive strain injury. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Dad, seriously, it’s cool if you have a girlfriend in Marathon.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Not pointless,” she says, and looks at me seriously. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I come down from the ceiling for a second only to see if she’s seriously about to put on some old-lady jams. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Even by demigod standards, Leo was seriously ADHD. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was a difficult decision—the Yellins had headed enforcement in Florin for generations, and they took their work more than seriously. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Everybody but Yossarian thought Milo was a jerk, first for volunteering for the job of mess officer and next for taking it so seriously. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had knocked down at least ten Long Knives before he was shot and seriously wounded. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z He’d been especially agitated the last few weeks, and my parents, who feared he was becoming a danger to himself, were seriously considering putting him in a home. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The Hermit, watching his pool, was able to tell them that Shasta was not killed or even seriously wounded, for he saw him get up and saw how affectionately he was greeted by King Lune. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Ike Green sat on her case seriously one evening on the store porch when he was lucky enough to catch her alone. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z So I don’t understand why my hands are seriously itching. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Were they taking him seriously just because he was black? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When they heard what the doctors had said, they listened real seriously. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘Give me eighteen hours,’ she said so seriously. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody can take Hegel seriously. Have you read him closely? He’s funny, very funny. But Hume and Voltaire and Locke felt the same way about Africa,” Odenigbo said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I wished I could talk like you,” she said seriously. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack hadn’t taken the idea seriously, but what if the person who’d sent it in to Bayside Press had been right? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Dante, unlike the philosophers, took his geography seriously, but no philosopher could have found his abandonment of the fundamental principle that the universe was made out of spheres entirely satisfactory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “It’s you. But Ifem, seriously, Don is a good man o. Not like many of these useless Lagos men running around town.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But it had only been fairly recently that man had begun to think seriously about using rocket power to leave the surface of the earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you seriously thinking about food right now?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He was also beginning to seriously doubt that he would survive his first week in Maine. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The Alexandrian Library is where we humans first collected, seriously and systematically, the knowledge of the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The whole point,” I tell him seriously, “is so we can see how big a number six million really is.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The foremen would sometimes beat him and other workers who performed poorly, but not seriously and never to death. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They said black women have to keep their hair tidy and straight, like white women, if they want to be taken seriously at work and in school. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And teach me he did: In those fifty minutes, the Old Man made me take religion seriously. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z And seriously—the story about Jenny Flick hurting animals? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Though success in Cambridge conversation frequently came from saying something preposterous, hoping that someone would take you seriously, there was no need for Francis to adopt this gambit. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “You’ll have to promise me,” a red-eyed Simmon said seriously, “That you will never play that song again without warning me first. Ever.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And projects like Pena’s, which not long ago would have seemed marginal, even nutty, now might have to be taken seriously. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “This is where I leave you,” he said as seriously as he could, though he kept looking at the ball that lay at the foot of the stairs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I must admit, though, that the alternative for me is rather grim. I doubt very seriously whether anyone will hire me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone didn’t let her use their stapler after she bought everyone doughnuts last week—seriously, I’m not making that up—and her shrieking voice is making my chest tight. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “It’s seriously pitiful. What are we supposed to say?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z We have no choice but to take all this a little more seriously than everybody else. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z But the FBI didn't take the report seriously. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Cool,” I said, though I was seriously tempted to rush home and break the television. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There were usually not nearly as many sick people inside the hospital as Yossarian saw outside the hospital, and there were generally fewer people inside the hospital who were seriously sick. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “But seriously, it makes no sense. I don’t understand why Logan would do that! Like, just because of a class discussion, he had to make it personal? Like totally mean. I didn’t deserve that!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z To which I replied, “Skid, seriously? I didn’t even know you wanted to get married.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Josh could make me laugh and tried to get me to not take fencing so seriously, but I didn’t know how to be anything but serious when it came to sports. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She seriously thinks I’m about to give her open access to my laptop. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He took the world more seriously than any other ugly she’d ever met—more seriously, in fact, than middle pretties like her parents. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “But I could speak up and they could dismiss me. I mean, I doubt they’ll take me seriously. They’ll probably just make excuses,” I tell her. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Ess stared up at her very seriously, as if considering this important lesson, and Jinny found herself thinking that this probably wasn’t the sort of advice Elders were supposed to pass on. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “How has it been, Kit?” he asked seriously. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Up until this very instant, I had never seriously thought of Heather as my one true friend in the world. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The most seriously ill were taken by cart to Bush Hill; the dead were placed in coffins and hauled to the graveyards. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I seriously don’t know what she saw in him, because not only was he ugly, he had the personality of a boiled potato. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I seriously doubt that Maddy would ever like anything Mama cooked. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Two hostages, it turned out, had been seriously injured by the inmates, but ten hostages and twenty-nine inmates were then killed by police in the attack. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like, seriously, I have to breathe through my nose or risk swallowing fumes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I look at him and seriously punch his arm. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He took each letter seriously and gave it the time he felt it needed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Leah slices it into perfect little squares, and seriously, it’s like waves of magical deliciousness have shot into the atmosphere. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It embarrassed her; for in a cooler, quieter moment it appeared to her absurd that she should have taken his action so seriously, so dramatically. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z It depends on things not going wrong, on mistakes not being made, on the reptilian passions not being seriously aroused. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She stepped over in front of me and very seriously asked if she could look in my eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking our powers of rapid cognition seriously means we have to acknowledge the subtle influences that can alter or undermine or bias the products of our unconscious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I say, relenting, letting him know I still take him seriously. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “How does one become a Quaker?” she asked seriously. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Well, come on, it’s kind of hard to take you seriously when you’re talking about the Great Wall of China and Egypt and stuff. Those are just big goofy dreams. They’re not real.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “You take things too seriously, Chaplain,” Colonel Cathcart told him bluntly with an air of adult objectivity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “You better start taking us seriously,” said Wood. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Dumbledore paused again; he looked very seriously around the hall, and nobody moved or made a sound. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “I wish. No, but seriously. Take me away from here.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Do you seriously get girls to like you, calling them that?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z That night after dinner, I was seriously ready to beat the Hunters at capture the flag. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In fact, he wrote Gey, “If you seriously disagree with me in this, I will be glad to talk to you.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Could I seriously wear any of this grown-up stuff to school? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Just because it was not the sort of thing he had ever done before, or would be expected to do, Kingshaw knew that he would be taken seriously. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Manet pointed at me with his piece of bread, his wild, grizzled eyebrows arching seriously over his nose. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I say nothing when he says, "No seriously, talk to me," and nothing when he says under his breath but still plenty loud enough for people to hear, "Honestly, Grayson, I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Thus historians who take language seriously need to search out the emergence of new languages, which must represent transformations in what people can think and how they can conceptualize their world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If he wasn’t dead, he was seriously messed up. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Pixie paused her sprinkling and regarded him seriously. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “It’s a joke. How are you going to learn not to take everything so seriously if you live with that crazy lecturer?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Harry seriously doubted this, but thought it best not to argue. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I watched them whirl past my window— don’t take this seriously, the playful way they fell seemed to imply, this little show, this harmless trick. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the road came around into East Hampden I was wondering seriously if I could make it to the warehouse, and what I would do when I got there. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was taking things too seriously, as he always did. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That means that they are not as seriously missing as endangered, but almost. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “I am willing to speculate that he isn’t aware you are on assistance,” he said seriously. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I don't expect June to take this question seriously, but she does. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Any coma victims in the Menagerie? Because, seriously, I’d be perfect for a role like that, if you’re looking for new talent, that is...” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “My brother is seriously your number one fan. He’s not normally like this.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z "If you don't keep your mouth shut," Mo told her in a whisper, "you’ll soon find out how seriously they take everything here." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Rosa and her mother have both come on board with this, but now I do seriously wonder about the sanity of it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “He meant it seriously. There’d be no harm in getting ready for it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a crisis, he said, but it was a trend to take seriously. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Americans were able to take seriously, say, the woman business executive’s claim to be the victim of social oppression. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we want you to get into a good school, you gotta take this more seriously,” she says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z "You need to take this seriously," he said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It seriously looks like the circus is setting up in town. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And seriously, I wished I hadn’t wiped off the mirror because it was really unsettling to catch Fang looking like that. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I’m seriously rethinking the question of who should get out of these Games alive when the other elevator opens. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z If you didn’t want to take it seriously, you didn’t have to. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “My dearest sister, now be serious. I want to talk very seriously. Let me know every thing that I am to know, without delay. Will you tell me how long you have loved him?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z It had been a battle to get my request taken seriously in the first place and an even bigger one to get it approved. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But no one would seriously describe this evolutionary process as domestication, because birds and bats and other animal consumers don’t fulfill the other part of the definition: they don’t consciously grow plants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Their punishments were humane, and their policymakers took rehabilitation of criminal offenders very seriously, which made me excited about the award and the trip. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Trees within the Connecticut Arboretum Natural Area were seriously injured when the town of Waterford sprayed the roadsides with chemical weed killers in 1957. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “They make a fuss about Hogsmeade, but I assure you, Harry, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be,” he said seriously. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Quickly, Bandit got out of bed, used what was left in Fourth Cousin’s water urn to wash, dressed, plaited her hair and then began seriously to clean the room. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Kamala was speaking seriously, and grief and weariness were concealed behind her words. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The morning’s meeting with Detective Gaskill proved to me that the police are taking me seriously. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never seen my mom take one of our injuries so seriously before. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And who knows how Harry’s scar might be involved but it’s certainly a matter we’re taking seriously. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “Are you two seriously going to be on your phones all night?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z They never took me seriously and they certainly aren’t going to start now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted him to take her seriously, but now that she was saying everything out loud, she realized that she didn't have as much information as she thought. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “No, it’s just...it’s cool to see someone not take himself so seriously.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Would I get an attorney who would take such a claim seriously? Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Are you seriously giving us another summer challenge?” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I mean, seriously, it even got me feeling a little fired up. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Do you seriously expect us to believe this?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah, you know what, Percy?” said George seriously. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Curfew was taken seriously, and the faculty lived in the dorms. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “But,” I say, “it wasn’t just your arms, Albert. You were seriously brave back there.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Most people find it disconcerting being woken in the middle of the night and dragged off for questioning, but I simply could not take it seriously. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Do you want to tell me what’s going on inside your head, Jack?” she answered me seriously. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z They start snickering again, and I eye a nearby window, seriously considering a leap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He took my campaign very seriously, but he also made funny faces and asked if he could adopt me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Nobody got sent down there unless they had done something really bad—like get into a fight where someone gets seriously hurt, or try to escape, or assault a guard. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “But if you’re thinking through all that lunacy every time you walk into a new situation, then there is something seriously wrong with you, Jule.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There's something inspiring about how casual Emery can be about things I take so seriously that I could die over them. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “This is a pouch woven from seriously cool fabric—a gift from a friend of mine.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It's a sign that the inspector takes him seriously. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Or worse yet, that I’m too young to be taken seriously? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That was the thing that got me to take him seriously. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In addition, things were seriously beginning to fall apart at home. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Never did I seriously consider the possibility that a new racial caste system was operating in this country. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Fast and well-coordinated, Paul enjoyed sports but not enough to take them seriously. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He seriously needed to keep a pack of Aloe Vera Kleenex in his armor pocket, because that nose was wet and red and pretty gross. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Oh my god, this is that lame channel my mom sent me a link to a few months ago in an attempt to rally me into taking my treatments seriously. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z This is me forcing my parents to take me seriously. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z For the first time, I heard a teacher take a question seriously. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She was attractive, but he didn't take her too seriously. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He said seriously, “Maybe he carries a watch in his pouch like Alice’s rabbit.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Mi, I’ve been thinking,” he said, so seriously she almost giggled until he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a folded stack of bills. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Those who would take seriously the boy’s success—and his failure—would be forced to realize how great is the change any academic undergoes, how far one must move from one’s past. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But when his mom told them about Mark, about his story, they started listening a little more seriously. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I must make clear one thing,” he said seriously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I did know that many women in Kilanga were more seriously disfigured and had husbands notwithstanding. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Something is seriously wrong with my head. It feels like bugs are up there, eating away at my brain.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Tell me, boy, are you hungry?” he asked seriously. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If I was going to be a political spouse, I wanted to treat it seriously. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z NB: Youngest son currently at home, seriously ill, Ministry inspectors have confirmed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But seriously, three and a half hours in his apartment with no parents, and this is how he wants to spend it? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z During the previous winter I had become rather seriously ill with one of those carefully named difficulties which are the whispers of approaching age. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He said it seriously, but I had a feeling he was half-joking. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He had seriously misjudged the situation, however, and his own role in it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I had just slipped my hand inside my pants, where, seriously, it had lingered for only the briefest of seconds, when, eyes wide, Faith turned to face me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Whenever Mother sought help, neither nurses nor doctors would take her seriously enough to examine me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But seriously, I didn’t know you did too. What you paint?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z George took Kelly by the shoulders, ignored the tickle in her stomach, and spoke very seriously. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z What if something was seriously wrong with this guy? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Who could take seriously a vice-principal with one gnarly hair sprouting out of her lip? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This all seemed like a game to Twig, a strategic board game come to life, and I was tom between telling her to take this seriously and joining in. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “No, seriously. Promise you won’t get too cross. Because I’ve got to tell you this. I wouldn’t forgive myself if I kept quiet much longer.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Can anybody honestly and seriously suggest that in this type of atmosphere the scales of justice are evenly balanced? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Are you seriously going to let hormones get the best of you when there are important things to consider? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Hadn’t the duke given her enough bloodbane to seriously impair the assassin? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "Ouch. I give you a compliment, you give me a verbal kick to the face. We are gonna have to seriously review your people skills when all this is over." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Just, seriously, don’t spend any money on it please. I’ll think of something.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Or are we seriously to suppose that two people—a man and a woman—were separately concerned, and that each was so careless as to drop a clue to their identity? Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Harry’s got a long way to go before he finishes this tournament,” she said seriously. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t get it. How could you guys name me after someone so strange? No one takes me seriously,” Gogol said. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Do you seriously think you’ll lose clients if you start dating a black woman?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z How can a person walk around like that and expect to be taken seriously? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z ‘And then ... wherever you want. How long was I gone, seriously?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Rishi was good too, but who really took comic book art seriously? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She seriously lives for opportunities to be a hey guys I'm cool kind of mom. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “We are diligent in our Title IX compliance. We take this very seriously. There’s no room for mistreating people here.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I say his name a lot, even though I’m obviously talking to him, because it’s just cool, seriously—Mateo. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Fives, which many of you will know nothing about, was taken seriously at Repton and we had a dozen massive glass-roofed fives courts kept always in perfect condition. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that they needed understanding—young people were the same in every generation—but this cockiness, this refusal to take seriously the gravest questions of their lives, nettled and irritated her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He only steps forward, places his hands on my shoulders, and looks very seriously into my eyes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And seriously, unless my dad is a completely different person than I think him to be, I have no idea how he manages to work with Mr. Kite day after day. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Harry knew Ron too well to take him seriously. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Cool,” I said, though I was seriously tempted to rush home and break the television. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Each of these ideas has been proposed, some of them more or less seriously. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe he meant some of them seriously and some others he didn’t. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “No, I mean it, Gimp—seriously. I bet he could learn something simple like making rolls.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z My mind was stimulated, my spirit was full, and I seriously woke up every single day excited to learn something new. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “No, seriously. It’s so big, you can easily avoid anyone you hate.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z A curious but beneficial relation between fungi and the roots of higher plants is seriously disrupted. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “It’s a sink-or-swim world, Noah,” he said very seriously, and then the secure belt of his arm became a sling that flung me into the water. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It seriously killed me how bad I’d let the guy down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And a year ago Janell was seriously assaulted by another ex-boyfriend who had just gotten out of prison. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But seriously, coming into 2003, I was so all over the place I could barely cast a shadow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z What will happen, they had said, if the president is still seriously ill when Congress re-adjourns in the fall or if a national emergency occurs? Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z No longer did he wear the proud, somewhat disdainful look he’d worn when walking seriously along through the woods, his pipe cradled in his arms. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Well, you might remember last year coming to school and finding all the homecoming posters had been replaced by ones that didn’t take themselves quite so seriously.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he takes video games too seriously,” I said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “She has to take her obligations more seriously. She has to grow up a little.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They had surely never seriously considered going to Florida anyway. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The volcano erupted, killing six of the scientists, along with three tourists who had followed them, and seriously injuring several others, including Williams himself. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “But seriously, how do you get over the jitters?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I buried my face in my pillow, seriously doubting that the pressure I was feeling would ever go away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I don’t have to take myself seriously—or, well, only as seriously as Maddie takes me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “The nurse told her to make me eat, and she takes her job very seriously,” said his father with a smile. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She took the sharing of electron pairs seriously. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “It means he’s seriously injured, but beyond that it’s hard to say without more information,” her mom had said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I raised my arms and howled, but the stoner-metal tunes must have seriously connected with Fang, because he melted into the throbbing mass of bodies and was gone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Tom said seriously, “If the assay showed enough nickel and silver, wouldn’t it pay to mine it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He calls them his “parents” and takes their concerns seriously. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I declined the nomination, telling the members that I was too ignorant of their aims to be seriously considered. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’d love to have you around more, you know,” Dad says seriously. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Several states were seriously debating ending the death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It’s been a great summer, thank you. Though I am seriously looking forward to the fall. I hate this hot weather.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z No one took it seriously, including Lieutenant Cross, but as a precaution the platoon moved only at night, staying off the main trails and observing strict field SOPs. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The question wasn’t asked seriously, but knowing Mother I was shocked at the idea. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to know how seriously to take any of it, but it was definitely unnerving. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Like, seriously went off on me. Even after I told her what you did.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z But now I was even more petrified because I didn’t want the judge to think I wasn’t taking him seriously because I was laughing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Until her foreign debts were paid and her credit with the Dutch bankers in Amsterdam restored, the United States would simply not be taken seriously in Europe’s capitals. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “You’re one to talk, you old drunk. You seriously want to protect these brats?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It’s much easier to laugh at these kinds of things after they've happened, and Bep was the only one who took us seriously. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Never mind me, how are you?” said Sirius seriously. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Not one word that I had said had been seriously considered by him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Although if one of them took it seriously and tried to do something about it, the shock would probably kill me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I’ve spent the entire week being mad at Mama for not taking me and my ideas seriously, so I’m not sure what Elizabeth’s talking about. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The fact that he was advocating for the ban was something everyone in attendance took seriously. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The fact that we sit around as we do, worrying seriously about how best to preserve the life of the earth, is itself the sharpest measure of our involvement. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One hundred years after Alice Paul offered her warning to American women, there is no question her words were taken seriously by generations of women who followed her. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z It’s almost as if the block is reminding itself that life is hard, and you have to take it seriously. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dude, I’m like seriously worried about you right now,” Simon says. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Why did Galileo take it seriously as a scientific instrument? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s kind of nice, because even though it’s a totally different crowd from the one I hang out with, they take their movies very seriously. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Cato replied seriously, “No, little one. Don’t nobody go back to Africa. When they put you in the rice fields, you’ll be dead in five years, so don’t matter no how.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It embarrassed her, for in a cooler, quieter moment it appeared to her absurd that she should have taken his action so seriously, so dramatically. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Now head of the household, Kim takes seriously Pa’s words for him to look after us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Twig squinted at him as if something were seriously wrong with him. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z All the same, solitary bucks—if they can find no existing holes to make use of—will sometimes scratch out short tunnels for shelter, although it is not work that they tackle at all seriously. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet almost none of them seemed to take seriously the evidence that genes were made of DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I know I need to take it seriously, this desire of his. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He continued seriously, “And horses know that. Don’t you know it, Nellie?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re in the freezer aisle at the grocery store and she’s reaching for the steak fries instead of the curly fries and, seriously? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Now, up close, I saw they weren't demons, but seriously infected humans. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z As it turned out, my reasoning was seriously flawed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s been getting clearer and clearer for months. I am becoming seriously concerned, I can’t deny it —” “Then flee,” said Snape’s voice curtly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He seemed to take my question seriously, but I hoped he wasn’t going along with it while he devised a way to escape. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “How especially perfect,” she says, quite seriously, as if Signora Mondopoco has just offered a crucial fact of existence. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z It was dangerous work, but Herbert took the Nazis’ creed of self-sacrifice seriously. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He was looking at Harry more seriously than ever before. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Pixie paused her twirling and regarded us more seriously. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Later, Obinze would ask, half seriously, if Ifemelu thought his mother’s fainting had been deliberate, a plot to keep him close. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Um, if you say so. But I promise you, the kids here are all about the candy, and they seriously don’t care where it comes from.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “There are different roles here in the realm of magic. Sis is a guardian—and she takes her job very seriously. She isn’t angry with you, by the way.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “It means he’s seriously injured, but beyond that it’s hard to say without more information,” her mom had said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She didn’t take them seriously until she realized they were Laura Friendly’s millionaire boys. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s where the defense will be weakest. They’ll never take three kids seriously. I think we can sneak up pretty close before they see us.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z On the other hand, I could also be dead, which would seriously mess up my retirement plans. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Don’t take what your mother said about our family falling apart too seriously. She’s just upset. About a lot of things. But we’ll be fine.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She said this so seriously, so matter-of-factly, that it took me a moment to process. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I seriously doubted anyone took pictures with the faded, wooden figures, but I agreed to go with him because I’m such a good daughter. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I mean, seriously, no idea. Are you sure? Did other people feel this way? Did you?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Do not mention that name! You can’t seriously think I’m worried about your puny boyfriend. No one is stronger than me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I don’t know If he takes himself seriously. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The only bad thing about their new bus routine was that it had seriously cut back on their conversations. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He was a very good animal doctor, and though he had never taken care of a penguin before, he knew enough about birds to see at a glance that this one was seriously ill. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did you seriously have to call them the minute I left the room? Tell me, was it like a physical impulse? Goody-goody syndrome manifesting itself?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Simon, just—I seriously owe you an apology.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z That, and the opportunity to be taken seriously. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z But he was accepted; he obviously had too much money now to be rejected or even seriously annoyed any more. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, veiy seriously, he talked for two solid hours about ‘ ‘the devil white man’ ’ and ‘ ‘the brainwashed black man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We have the rest of the semester to complete the project, and we need to take it seriously. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z No one wrote to him, no one took him seriously. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “No, I see what you mean,” said Luna seriously. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When Judge Joseph Wapner, most famous for being the judge on The People’s Court television show, ended up refereeing the depositions, Moore figured no one would take the case seriously. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I seriously don’t know why Tyler keeps hanging around. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I never even seriously broached the subject with her until 1977, when I was in college and had to fill out a form that for some reason or other required Ma’s maiden name. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You two are our biggest competition. But seriously...” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She began to wonder, seriously, what she had gotten herself into. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But even as the abolitionists spoke up for the rights of Africans, Parliament was finally seriously considering giving more English people the right to vote. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Regina began to fear for Bobby’s future if he didn’t take his schoolwork seriously. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Roy wasn’t sure what Beatrice Leep’s problem was, but he knew he was seriously late for dinner and his parents were probably frantic. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody looked at me seriously but hesitantly, as if they did not know how to start. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He also devoted a chapter to the psychoses of four chess masters, selected from the millions of normal people who’d played seriously over the years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I could have snowboarded on it fine, but I hoped nobody seriously expected me to nm fast. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Why was she saying I was seriously ill? Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z One man who took such apocalyptic speculation seriously was Leo Szilard, the energetic and resourceful Hungarian physicist who had tried to patent a prototypical cyclotron just before Lawrence’s practical invention. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It makes me feel vulnerable and seen, and it gets me teary eyed, like when someone sings “Happy Birthday” to me—seriously, every year, it never fails. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was strange to stand on a stage and have people address me as Madam Speaker, but I took the responsi-bility very seriously. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was so popular and smart, and seemed to just go from girl to girl without ever taking it the slightest bit seriously. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Shin had learned that teachers usually did not take this rule seriously. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z "He takes the welfare of his boys very seriously." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Every nation seems to have its set of forbidden possibilities, which its citizenry and adherents must not at any cost be permitted to think seriously about. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was white and gleaming, and the pride of Ravenskill, a town that took sports and competition very, very seriously. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Whether he seriously entertained the offers that came his way from institutions as august as Harvard University is hard to say; but in the end, he turned them all down. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z All the Renegades take stretching seriously, even though we like to goof around, talk, and eat. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The teachers pointed to the pictures and looked serious, talked seriously too, but my parents did not understand English. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But a few people took Gartler seriously: before leaving the conference, Stevenson met several of the top cell culturists for lunch. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But I take the work I’m doing very seriously, always. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He joined the Masons and seriously considered the Elks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Bruh, seriously, we didn’t even think it would go that far. It was just a joke.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Now, Teddy, I want to talk seriously to you about tomorrow,” began Jo, as they strolled away together. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve come to think either he has a way with gravity or I’m seriously missing more than a few buttons. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I’m sorry, but some teachers are seriously gross. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I flipped her a rigid thumb, indicating I hadn’t been seriously injured. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It’s seriously a wonder there’s no steam coming out of his ears and nose. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I considered the offer seriously—I went so far as to book a flight and get the required immunizations—and then bowed out at the last minute. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “All right. I accept your apology. But seriously. I can’t deal with the continued drama. I have too much to think about. So it has to stop, Dill. I mean it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z They dreamed vividly, though, and took their dreams very seriously. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Look at her face! Now you can text Kasim your wedding plans, ’cause you were seriously thinking about it, weren’t you?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Even though I had put on the earring, I refused to admit that I was seriously considering taking the body back home to his wife and kids. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z "So, L's and G's, let's start with the news. This just in: Shirt...is a strange word, right? I mean, seriously, there had to be better options when it came to naming...this." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z If I fought back, I was accused of taking things too seriously. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Gregory is not the kind of person who would get that wrong—he’s got his whole sleet and snow and rain commitment, and he takes that stuff seriously. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Of the two of us, he was the one who’d really taken our dream seriously—and the realization made me both proud of him and disappointed in myself. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I wonder if this child takes her responsibility here seriously,” Miss Lulu said to Bernice. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Allen said, “It’s so nice to have a teacher who takes her work this seriously.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well. He's a very sensitive boy. He's really never been a terribly good mixer with other boys. Perhaps he takes things a little more seriously than he should at his age." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Nobody would take you seriously with a cowlick named Geronimo.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I realize abruptly that he might not take any vow particularly seriously from me after that little performance. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Maya, I assure you the Batavia police department is taking this very seriously. We will find the perpetrator,” Officer Jameson says. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “But seriously, son, all jokes aside, I’m glad you wore a suit today, because I need you.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She told them that their job wouldn’t be easy, but she knew they’d be able to overcome the difficulties—including male pilots who didn’t take them seriously. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “But seriously: Who gives someone a vacuum cleaner for Christmas?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “That was one of the stupidest things you could have done. You could have been seriously hurt.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The King even took the philosopher on a hunt, and as hunting is that people's favorite sport, all the country began to listen more seriously to the philosophers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Girls, is your mom looking for work? Because seriously, if she is, I’d love to chat with her.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But Brahe and Ursus did not invent the priority dispute; rather, they cared about priority because mathematicians had been taking it seriously since at least 1520. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Carter’s wounds ensured that the stories were taken half seriously, but not much more than half. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After the longest night ever I had to seriously get reacquainted with my pillow. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I’m going to have a tough time taking Grandpa seriously when he tells us to show respect for the furniture,” Kendra said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Which makes me think it isn’t just a cry for help—it’s more a cry to be taken seriously. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “My brother is seriously your number one fan. He’s not normally like this.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And that’s probably about the time that Joey seriously considered throwing the old man out too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You seriously met a stranger online and decided you’d live with...‘her’ for two months, sight unseen?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Hazel,” Percy said, “I am seriously going to wash your horse’s mouth with soap. He says, yes, he can pull it, but he needs food.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how seriously an effort was made.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “But I’ll tell you what I am going to do: I’m going to spend some time thinking seriously about all this. You should, too.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that Derek was not just unconscious, was more seriously hurt than that, and still he did not know what to do. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z They’d be more likely to kill civilians living nearby than to seriously damage the plant. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only people who take their music seriously can really appreciate what our little E’lir here did tonight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The one thing that had been drummed into all their heads from the moment they were able to understand was that you never seriously argued with elders. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Now that I was being paid, now that I was a professional, I took my duties seriously. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I take them very seriously, because I know that someday, when I get my big break, I’ll be ready for it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “This is a Dauntless tradition, so I suggest you take it seriously.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Both had started playing chess seriously at the age of eight and had dropped out of high school to be able to play chess full-time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And I can tell Georgia is not showing off or anything, she seriously thinks I know what she’s talking about when she brings up these places. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z If I really had the talent to be successful in the sport like Coach Mustilli said, why wasn’t the foundation taking my effort more seriously by helping me get to the top? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Now, having spoken too seriously, he turned back her solemn regard with a laugh. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I had not meant this at all seriously, and I was startled when he nodded as casually as if I’d asked him if he’d done his homework. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You need to stop taking yourself so seriously, little girl,” Dina said when Molly asked her to knock it off. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They went out of their way to make sure that Mark Antony was not seriously hurt during these nighttime antics. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Like, that’s seriously all I remember about it. It was, you know, last September or so.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z First and second periods seem to drag on forever, and at break I seriously consider going home “sick.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Fry twirls a finger by his ear as he says to Zephyr, “Someone’s Frisbee is seriously on the roof, bro.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z People at the bottom of the rope were shouting up to me, “Okay, Simone, you're good, come down now. No, seriously, come down here!” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “You have taken this horrible game very seriously and you have done well because you are doing your duty,” she told the members of the court. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “No, never. Now, Malcolm, if you’ve finished your tea, I’m going to hurry you away. I’ve got to go out this evening. Thank you for the warning. I really will take it seriously.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When the Narita Airport Immigration Security authorities brutally and violently “arrested” me...I was seriously injured and very nearly killed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When he showed her the note, Dr. Martin took it all very seriously. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z You're not seriously getting sentimental about inanimate objects now too, are you? The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Herbert endured perilous missions in which he saw friends get killed or seriously injured. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “But if someone doesn’t have a summer name and wants to sit with us,” she said very seriously, “we’ll still let them if they’re nice, okay?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z To converse in a normal tone of voice meant that an athlete was not thinking seriously about the coming game; it exposed a frivolous nature alien to victory. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She took her job so seriously, she would try to wed off anything with a pulse. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Like, seriously? You’re not even going to give it a shot? It’s like, hey, look, I’ve got this amazing relationship, but it’s a tiny bit inconvenient, so let’s just end it.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z If you launch a new musical form, though, what you need is a composer of such stature and brilliance that there is a decent chance of someone taking your new art form seriously. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She told me about commas, for instance, long before I took punctuation seriously. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking rapid cognition seriously—acknowledging the incredible power, for good and ill, that first impressions play in our lives—requires that we take active steps to manage and control those impressions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I’m sure that I could undertake no such thing, Mr. Quinn. You don’t seriously suggest that the Corporation take part in local politics.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Nobody wants to watch you. But seriously,” I continued, looking at Gillian. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It could not be anything to do with parades, for Clevinger took the parades almost as seriously as Lieutenant Scheisskopf himself. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In fact, there are more than three times the number of seriously mentally ill individuals in jail or prison than in hospitals; in some states that number is ten times. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In fact, he was seriously thinking of leaving Philadelphia and the practice of medicine altogether. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z For me, having a meltdown was seriously out of the question. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I told her that I wasn’t happy with my job, or even with my chosen profession—that I was seriously unhappy, in fact. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I just seriously didn’t think it would be such a big thing.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Internal Revenue Service is able to collect Bobby’s back taxes and fines, the multimillion-dollar “purse” the competitors are vying for will have been seriously reduced. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of all the hype surrounding school desegregation, I was beginning to think seriously about where I wanted to go to college myself within the next few years. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z No one had ever asked her that and she took it most seriously. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “He doesn’t want to be my dad,” I say, and Embryo listens so seriously and closely, his thick arms crossed over his thick chest, that I feel bad. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I could now be admitted to the councils of the community; my words would be taken seriously. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Which, yeah, maybe you could do, but who would seriously want to eat that egg? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He would not understand how I could take such a man seriously, he would not understand the compulsion. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I propose to take our countrymen’s claims of American exceptionalism seriously, which is to say I propose subjecting our country to an exceptional moral standard. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Once they were gone, I seriously thought about kicking my way out of that miserable wooden tomb. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z We were all shaken up from the run-in with Mikayla, but Dari was seriously out of whack if he was apologizing for being hit on the head. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Fankuchen had not done this, since before the war no one took helices seriously. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Just as she had never seriously thought of having a child until now; the longing in the lower part of her belly was sudden and searing and new. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The other grownies giggled, probably because he was jokingly taking her seriously. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z This time he put his hand in the small of Gareth’s back, and began moving him seriously to the door. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He seriously typed “wink wink” instead of two wink emojis. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z This imbalance provoked criticism for its promotion of the belief that all chess players are seriously addled. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As I started to think seriously about how I could become the person I wanted to be, I looked around at some of the people who’d had the biggest impact on my life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The only thing Seabiscuit took seriously, aside from his beauty rest, was eating, which he did constantly, with great vigor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry Kissinger, a contemporary politician, wrote: “Deterrence depends, above all, on psychological criteria. For purposes of deterrence, a bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Exactly,” said Dumbledore, looking very seriously over the top of his half-moon glasses. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z All those times Tobias scolded me for risking my life, I never took him seriously. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z These were simply not the kind of concerns that a gentleman of property should take seriously. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They were not taking us seriously, and I felt my ornery donkey self waking up. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The simpleminded girl who has to be taken seriously because of her eleven. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I would travel in and out of the rooms where big decisions are made,” he said very seriously. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z This was seriously considered in articles and in arguments. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Scarlet fever was hitting the area hard; some children in the village were already seriously ill. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you do care too much about what people think of you,” she said, somewhat seriously. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z A medic performs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a desperate attempt to save the life of a seriously wounded fellow medic, 1969. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t want Roent to be angry with her. He seems to take his money pretty seriously.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And anyway, he was right: They were a squad now, and she was going to have to start taking that seriously. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z If I was going to invest precious hours into turning him inside out I would have to overcome the fact that I was—again—light on motive, seriously so. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Okay, I love your look. How hot are you, seriously?” she said to Lydia. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I haven’t always liked being the Protector, but I think I have taken the job pretty seriously overall. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z People check us out and ran down who we was without even seriously checking us out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to go about their business as quickly and seriously as possible. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z In truth, many kids at Tule Lake didn’t take school very seriously. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She waited until they were around the side of the house before she said, “Okay, seriously? I hope you never change?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And Amelia seriously wants to be friends with her? I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He took it all seriously, I could tell. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I look seriously at him now as the laughter slows. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Rest assured that we are taking this incident very seriously and will investigate this matter thoroughly with the Montgomery County police, and appropriate action will be taken against the perpetrators. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Why shouldn’t she take me seriously?” he demanded sharply. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z In the rice fields of eastern Texas, this practice has seriously reduced the populations of the fulvous tree duck, a tawny-colored, gooselike duck of the Gulf Coast. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Me and Va-ambuya talk seriously. You rascals can get drunk without music.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was a toddler, she became seriously ill after ingesting lighter fluid when she was left unattended. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She never indulged my outrage, but she took my frustration seriously. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I needed to learn how to get people to take me seriously.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z They were gazing at the trash on display as seriously as if it were treasure from, the Doge’s Palace. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I replied, “Mr. Dussel, I do take my work seriously. I can’t study next door in the afternoons, and I would appreciate it if you would reconsider my request! ” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I was seriously thinking of placing you in the school system, teaching. But, now, I don’t think that you’ll fit.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And that included not taking myself and even my gymnastics too seriously. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z That they are now seriously threatened by the chemicals entering our waters can no longer be doubted. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that they were seriously concerned about their preliminary heat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The kind of mom who doesn’t take everything people say too seriously, but who does take me seriously. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “We seriously don’t have to do this,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Certainly the black children did not take the insult too seriously, for the games between the two groups continued on the following Sunday, but for C.P. the world had changed instantly. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “That’s good. You take this seriously. A lot of kids come out here and think it’s all fun and games.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “No, seriously. There’s a pattern to how she replies. See how every time you mention The Gold-Bug, she gives that exact same answer? Here, let me test this out.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “No, but seriously. Have we met? What was your name again?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z During the ensuing and second awkward silence, I spend a moment seriously thinking about killing myself. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I’d tried to leak the picture myself, but no media organization would take my anonymous submission seriously. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Upon my honour,” said he very seriously, “it does not. It is not in the smallest degree connected with any human being of the name of Knightley.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z After my last test, I know I should take this seriously, but my mind keeps flying elsewhere. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z For the sake of my self-image, my mother takes everything—everything—I say very seriously. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mola nodded seriously and moved closer to stand by the side of the bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It would be more than twenty years before another doctor took Finlay and his work seriously. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Does he stay out all night drinking and doing drugs, or does he take his job seriously? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Last year, when our English teacher handed out composition notebooks and told us to write our deepest feelings, nobody took her seriously. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Do you seriously think that my mother will believe me if I tell her that an old man held me up with a fork and took my two nickels?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nice weather for hitching,” he said with a laugh, which, seriously, I can only describe as jolly. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I told them to take their education seriously. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z They were crossed just enough to be mentioned, and only in context with the fact that one might have thought long and seriously before wishing them straighter, or deeper, or browner, or wider set. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z If Trina died, he seriously didn’t know if he could keep going. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She was certain it was a trick of the light, but everyone else took the appearance of a spirit leopard seriously. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrote a note to Mrs. Bradley that read: “Suicide. It’s something I’ve been thinking about. Not too seriously, but I have been thinking about it.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The first restored the imperative that the University of California take Lawrence’s demands seriously. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At the state university he took his studies so seriously that he was suspected by the homosexuals of being a Communist and suspected by the Communists of being a homosexual. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He said it seriously; it may have been true. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The sort of little man one could never take seriously. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, listen, I don’t want to mess up our friend group, because it’s really great, but, this is awkward, but do you think, and seriously you can say no...” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Even if I said something, he wouldn’t take it seriously. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Naturally, Coach Hedge went ballistic; but Percy found it hard to take the satyr seriously since he was barely five feet tall. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “If you ask me, showing that we take this seriously makes the town look good” she retorts. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “I only do deliveries part-time, but I take it seriously.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I made a dismissive gesture, as if I couldn’t believe he’d taken my joke seriously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Very big,” Viola says, looking at him seriously. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Yep, not the kid stuff I used to pretend with, but seriously expensive adult woman makeup! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I’m afraid they’ll mock me, think I’m ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “We take this kind of behavior very seriously.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She was seriously wondering whether they could fashion a parachute out of their shirts—that’s how desperate she was—when something about their surroundings changed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As a family, they joked around a lot, but they also talked seriously about the stuff that mattered. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He was very nervous and thought seriously about turning back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am one of five leaders of the Dauntless. We take the initiation process very seriously here, so I volunteered to oversee most of your training.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They said seriously they would talk to me about it and shook the teacher’s hand seriously and gave me serious looks as we walked seriously out of school. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Nobody would take you seriously with a cowlick named Geronimo.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “He was playing ball with his cousins out in the street. Luckily, he was not seriously hurt, but it scared us.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Mr. McGuinty could have been seriously hurt, you know,” she says, arranging my legs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Each side is tempted to increase its military advantage, but not in so striking a way as seriously to alarm the other. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood there holding my gun and felt special because I was part of something that took me seriously and I was not running from anyone anymore. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z By 1934 the western schools were finally beginning to be taken seriously. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He knew that there was something seriously wrong with her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “If you’re going to get this excited about a door, I seriously doubt whether you’ll survive for long in the vicious arena of politics.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was talk about us standing down in Okinawa, but nobody took it seriously. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama hates it when people don’t take her seriously. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The idea of murdering Orr was so ridiculous that he began to consider it seriously with queer whimsy and fascination. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Coach, you are clearly taking those ‘suburban dad’ aspirations pretty seriously with jokes like that.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The woman rarely gives compliments and seriously loves her bangles. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “I’ll be handing out these debate tournament entry forms today after school, and I want you to seriously think about it. The fees will be covered. All you’d need to bring is yourself.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z This type of remark was invariably accompanied by nervous laughter, intended to convey the impression that although the idea had crossed their minds, it was not an idea a reasonable person would take seriously. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing seriously wrong with him,” said Lupin, bending over Snape and checking his pulse. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Silas, are we seriously back to that? No one’s going to find out he was gay.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “I knew your vocabulary was pretty impressive just from talking to you, but seriously?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I asked almost as seriously as I was sarcastic. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z And if any of the writers assembled on the ramp that day harbored any doubt that Ky Ebright was taking the Washington threat seriously, those doubts were put to rest directly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I knew that after all the protests,” he later wrote, “American public opinion would be seriously divided by any military escalation of the war.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Weight lifting was also popular, and when I was new at Sing Sing, it was intimidating to be faced with the huge, muscle-bound inmates who took it seriously. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s kept his promise to the imam and, after he was caught skipping Sunday school, has been taking his participation in the competition more seriously. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z When Jason visited her cabin that evening, she made sure to keep the door open, because Buford the Wonder Table took his duties as acting chaperone very seriously. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Man, seriously, we just wanted to catch you up,” English cut in. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Try being a classical actor and born in Utah. Hard to be taken seriously.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z You raised a legitimate issue that I think the legislature needs to look at seriously. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He began to wonder seriously whether the mastiffs only guarded the gate... The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Jesus,” he said, finally looking up, “do you think everybody’s going to start calling me Todd now? Because seriously, it sounds so much gayer than Fang.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Do you seriously expect me to believe you? Delivering school supplies after the schools are closed?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We look at each other while we’re singing; these aren’t two solos, this is a duet that isn’t taking itself at all seriously. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Aunt Rachel set down her heavy flatiron and regarded her niece seriously. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z We begin to talk seriously sometimes, after class, when the room has emptied. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A few months ago, she had said she wanted to start seriously “trying for our son.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You know, I can’t take you seriously with that ridiculous thing on your head,” I said, looking sideways at her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I mean, are you even taking this seriously? Because you know this isn’t a joke. I let you register because I expected you to take this seriously.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I told her what had happened and she listened, nodding seriously. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She regarded female Scholars with a proper Jordan disdain: there were such people, but, poor things, they could never be taken more seriously than animals dressed up and acting a play. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know why, but I take the job very seriously,” said Mr. Bacon, and he too addressed the boys. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It was disgusting. My brothers thought it was hilarious and took a bunch of pictures to send to their friends. But seriously, how did the owner not know teeth were there?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Tiny looks at me seriously for once and nods a little. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z For a second I considered stiffing him, but seriously, I didn’t want to be involved in some humiliating fat-guy-staggering-across-a-slushy-parking-lot chase scene, didn’t want to have to explain that spectacle to Faith. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Is this seriously how it’s going to be?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “No. Never. Orpheus came close. . . . Percy, you’re not seriously thinking—” “No,” I lied. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I can’t help thinking of the sports connection—like when a team nobody takes seriously comes together for a playoff push. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Now taking her more seriously, police were dispatched to keep watch. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She was like one of those embarrassing crazy people you hear about who take kids’ sports way too seriously. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I was seriously hoping Stan and I hadn’t become, well, big news, and we weren’t the lead story, which was a happy one. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z As Martin J. S. Rudwick puts it, "No geologist of any nationality whose work was taken seriously by other geologists advocated a timescale confined within the limits of a literalistic exegesis of Genesis." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "We all need to be mocked from time to time, Lord Mormont, lest we start to take ourselves too seriously. More wine, please." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Jay, seriously, back off. There’s nothing going on down there. Let’s go, we’re getting steaks.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He says this last part seriously, and with it, he puts me in a terrible position. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The only outcome from the teasing was my seriously damaged sense of self, and if I'm going to be truthful, not even tweezers helped repair it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It was not until I went to live in Chicago that I first thought seriously of writing of Bigger Thomas. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Even me. But,” he went on seriously, “your priest told you to flee.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He took napping so seriously that he eventually staked out a secret nest on the track roof, tucked in behind a chimney. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was nearly nine o’clock when Squealer made his appearance, walking slowly and dejectedly, his eyes dull, his tail hanging limply behind him, and with every appearance of being seriously ill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Walter thought the testimony was so nonsensical he couldn't believe that people were taking it seriously. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Really? Well, I just wanted to make sure you knew that we took your call seriously. Now, what about his sister?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She shook her head seriously, her strawberry-blond hair swinging back and forth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She gave me a private look as if to say, “Is your friend like seriously weird or something?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z As a young man, Dorus had once walked forty-five miles and become seriously ill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It wasn’t Dimple’s preferred way of handling things, but seriously. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I’m not making any fuss over it. But it’s just such seeming trifles that we’ve got to take seriously; such things count.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The days without my dad were also seriously confusing for me as a two-year-old. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It alone had not seriously expanded its productive facilities, or offered anything radically new to human culture. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He took it so seriously that we felt sorry for him. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Clifton,” I told him, very seriously, “you should probably take that down. Because otherwise someone might find out that you got an F in math.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Luma expected her players to work hard and take practice seriously, and above all, to obey her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Call me an optimist, but I’ll never give up hope that my family will take my art—and me—seriously. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z None of the other gunters took you seriously unless you were at least tenth level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “What a waste,” grumbled Oliver, who also took macarons very seriously. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I’m seriously going to have a talk with Robbie when I find him,” she growled. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It was so agonizing, I thought, seriously, that my heart would stop. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Michele is essentially an autodidact, and so not to be taken too seriously. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t just that he took things so seriously when it came to being a good son or following the path his parents had so carefully laid down for him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He said it so seriously that she blinked, wondering if maybe she had accidentally struck up a conversation with a psychopath who had a thing for baking. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z "It's just a rumor. Clearly, you can't handle reading these"—she waves the paper in my face—"and take them too seriously." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Jezebel image also declares that young black women are unlovable and cannot be taken seriously. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Quite probably, he resented and feared any signs of detachment in a girl he was seriously dating. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Such worm holes in space, a little like those in an apple, have been seriously suggested, although they have by no means been proved to exist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ishmael tried to take maneuvers seriously, but the veterans in his squad went through them hung over or bored or both simultaneously, and their attitude of indifference had its influence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then, turning back to the stand, says loudly, seriously, “Why was the child shot in the back?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z That was partly because of the tape; and maybe, if I have to be honest, because I was pleased by the notion that Ruth wasn’t taking the animals seriously, and everything that implied. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Shaker took college seriously: the district had a ninety-nine percent graduation rate and virtually all the kids went on to college of some kind. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “She is not one of us; she is not like us. She might make the unfortunate blunder of taking you seriously.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Maddie took the secrecy more seriously than I did—I was never sure how much she guessed. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Ellsberg didn’t know how seriously the FBI was taking this investigation, but he figured time was short. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell him he was taking the dodgeball game way too seriously, but before I could, he hefted another ball The other three giants followed his lead. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And it was almost impossible to be taken seriously in the business world with a name like “Ezekiel.” Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some of our colleagues seem to have gone seriously wrong,” lamented Thomas F. Lynch of Texas A&M in the Review of Archaeology in 2001. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Why do you find it so hard to believe that guys might find you attractive?” she asks seriously. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And if the Germans learned how seriously the Americans were working on an atomic bomb, they’d surely double their own efforts. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit may have been a public and media darling in the West, but in the prestigious eastern racing circles he still wasn’t taken seriously. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, seriously. My balls are so big that when you order french fries from McDonald’s, you can choose one of four sizes: small, medium, large, and my balls.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z But seriously, I couldn’t imagine it, so I said a quick farewell to my parents and floated in solo. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Getting out isn’t that easy,” she said seriously, her eyes on mine like I knew the way out and wouldn’t tell her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes Uncle would walk with the other men and talk seriously about the journey. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the mom grabbed the goggle boy’s hand as though he was seriously hurt. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z These submissions will be seriously reviewed and your status may change, so do not give up hope. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “If they weren’t dangerous, then why . . . ?” I tried to understand, struggling not to let him see how seriously I was considering his ghost story. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I think there’s something seriously wrong with him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I’d really had very little to do with it, seriously, but Blackjack credited me with saving him. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I mean, sure, she’d always been cute, but she was starting to be seriously beautiful. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I serve Artemis. The Hunters will fight to our last breath. Percy, you’re not seriously going to listen to this slimeball, are you?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z On the night of the party he had just been playing for fun, but now he seriously set out to learn some human music. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And only one or two of the various women he dated “seriously” ever put up a fight about her since they believed she was less than a rival. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A San Francisco middle school must have a very rigid idea of acceptable clothes if James had taken her question so seriously. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We are short of water, too, but not seriously yet. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Never let him think you take him seriously. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Frankie had laughed and said something like sometimes the only way people took something seriously is if you forced them to. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The next scientific step was to compare seriously the experimental X-ray data with the diffraction pattern predicted by our model. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Although not seriously hurt, he jumped fearfully from branch to branch and fluttered out of reach, then farther, farther away, until he was lost from view. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He’s not going to take any part of it seriously. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Even though I’m sure my sweet grandfather wouldn’t mind helping me, I doubt very seriously that he knows how to use a pad. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z At 10:22 Rishi seriously began to worry that Dimple wouldn’t come. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I seriously came this close to buying them, just so I could text you pictures of their crime-fighting selves. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She felt like nobody took her seriously as a blonde. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Nearly a century passed before this idea was taken seriously. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull finally spoke: “Corporal,” he said seriously, “do you love the Marine Corps?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Morning, noon, and night,” said Hugo, dead seriously. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “We will have to consider seriously whether or not Mercy is responsible enough to continue such a position.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I had been well conditioned by the world in which I grew up, so I did not yet dare take the idea of becoming a writer seriously. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. But I’ll seriously think about it,” I said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He waited a second, then sounded kind of disappointed when he said, “Don’t take it so seriously, Bud, I am teasing, you know.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Bob seriously knew how to use a broom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He decided just to hold things as they were for now, but he was starting to seriously doubt that Hume could finish the race, let alone sprint when the time for sprinting came. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Yeah, so the studio audience has noticed, but seriously.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And seriously, I couldn’t help expressing my thoughts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z For once, being Piper McLean, the daughter of Aphrodite, the one nobody took seriously, might play to her advantage. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I just...are you seriously implying that seeing Hamilton and quote-unquote ‘just hanging out’ are two equally good alternatives?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z His position near the back of Fischer’s group on the morning of May 10, retching his guts out, seemed to indicate that something was seriously amiss. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve thought about this a lot,” said the second mummy, sounding serious, “and I really think... if I looked like him, seriously, I think that I’d kill myself.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Literature and politics, science and religion did not bore him—they simply had no place in his world, and nor did any matter about which people seriously disagreed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For my part, I will always be grateful to the Church that took me so seriously and exposed me so early, through the liturgy, to the experience of life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And if it takes that long for the Tap-Out to be taken seriously, it will be too late. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I never seriously considered the possibility that I would not emerge from prison one day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think he knew the Bureau wouldn’t take his threats seriously because he’s locked away,” I say. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Mark was convinced the kid had never taken a thing seriously in his entire life. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Blimey, it’s seriously complicated,” he said, running an eye down the list of ingredients. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “No, seriously. Back home. Public school? It wasn’t like this.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Jody patted their heads seriously, and moved on to the weathered scrap pile. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z But on hurrying back to Prague to make arrangements for the move, he found his wife seriously ill once again. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Wow, so between Ms. Every Time Including Oral and Mr. Let's Read About Freaking Casanova, your parents are seriously invested in your sex life. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Stem and God-fearing, the Afrikaner takes his religion seriously. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Marina had seriously injured her legs during her wilderness adventure after the Rodina crashed, and it took her several months to recover. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Percy,” Hazel said, “you swore on your life. Romans take that seriously. If anything goes wrong, even by accident, Octavian is going to kill you. You know that, right?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She glanced over to the office and then looked at Hazel seriously. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “You didn’t answer my question. What if your classmate had gotten seriously hurt?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z If I never saw any of those kids again, seriously, I would be the happiest kid in Paris. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z My mom, looking seriously skeptical and fed up, pushed herself off the couch and started for the kitchen. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z This is going to be about the pageant, and how I’m not taking it seriously enough. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z If someone tells you he’ll seriously consider your suggestion, he’s already kissed it off. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d enlisted after graduating from Jefferson last year, was only a couple years older than me, so I probably should have cared, but seriously, I just couldn’t get past Lance. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Oh, but that would not look right at all,” said Frank seriously. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She throws her head back and cackles, and seriously, Alex has got to get more friends. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Her secret is good sex,” Grace said seriously, a Korean-American woman who taught African-American studies, tiny and slender, always in stylishly loose-fitting clothes, so that she seemed to float in a swish of silks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Here! What are you talking about so seriously?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “But just one other thing, Colonel. Don’t take seriously what Bertha says. She doesn’t mean a thing by it.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The teachers never took Stanley's complaints seriously, because Derrick was so much smaller than Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Of course you can help” Marly said seriously. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “I think we’re too brave and too blind,” I answer, drinking seriously now. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn't seriously considered that possibility until our run that night. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "Who on earth can take this circus seriously?" she said crossly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She saw the charming, ugly face, talking so seriously about the interests of its honest heart She loved these interests—loved the old soldier to follow so faithfully his innocent love of God. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “But seriously. Why do people love this place so much? So far, I’ve seen nothing special. Just a bunch of good ol’ boys in trucks chewing tobacco. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She is talking to me about one of her sisters, my aunt, who is seriously ill. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The seriously ill, the deranged, are another race, an inferior race. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “No, I don’t think we can do that,” said Fred seriously. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She was taking her unlikely inventory very seriously. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Frank didn’t understand how .a lump of metal could be dangerous, but he took Hazel seriously. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “For those of us who take our vow of austerity seriously, conclave is the only time we allow ourselves the luxury of fine food and drink. It reminds us that we’re human.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In a minute our faces would be level and I’d have to choose between locking lips or seriously offending her by pulling away, and I’d already offended her once. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Yes. And we'll be sure we follow every single step of the protocol. We take this very seriously,” he said again, stepping around the desk. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, the relationship between Lawrence and Oppenheimer had become seriously frayed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And I’m seriously not in the mood to deal with my family. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It was the twentieth century before people thought seriously about this, and there were three men who seemed to be ahead of everyone else in the world. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They have husbands, and are not taken seriously. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a ploy to get them to write letters, but I didn’t think they’d take me so seriously. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I knew what Aimee was going to say—that I hadn’t trained seriously enough in the weeks leading up to the US Secret Classic, and my exhaustion now was the result of poor preparation. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Well, Tommy and I, we talked about all of this, sometimes jokingly, other times seriously and carefully. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you seriously call me to find out if I took money from you?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You people don’t know me. I didn’t exist for you five hours ago,” I said seriously. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to promise to believe me,” Lyra said seriously. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “You don’t take anything I believe seriously, do you?” she said to him. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “You were the only one who bothered to take me seriously,” she said, smiling with warmth that she meant. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “No, seriously. There’s a pattern to how she replies. See how every time you mention The Gold-Bug, she gives that exact same answer? Here, let me test this out.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “O.K. Bye-bye. And I really had a great time with you tonight. I mean that seriously. You have a wonderful personality. And thanks tons for being so understanding,” she said, leaving the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mom, seriously? You’re making it sound like it’s been years since you saw me.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But what would happen if we took our instincts seriously? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I looked around the table and everyone looked like they were chewing very seriously. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z But seriously, I don’t think it’s at all shocking; we’re cooped up here, cut off from the world, anxious and fearful, especially lately. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z My dad asked me if I had secret feelings for Dylan, which is seriously not the case. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I looked at Billy and saw him and his father talking together quietly and seriously. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It was hard for me to be civil, and seriously, she couldn’t have missed the tension spilling out of the car alongside the battered boxes. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “That was seriously stupid, Tab. Now he knows I’ve been talking about his pictures.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “But seriously, Kath. No hard feelings, right? I’m awfully sorry. I am, honestly.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he looked at Kaede seriously and said, “I am not a guard, but I have spent my life in the company of them, and I hope you’ll take my advice.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Maya, seriously? You think everything has to just stop? We had a fight. Why does that mean it has to be over?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes I seriously don’t get how a guy who has a fine girlfriend like Mei-li, or some of the girls Diego gets with, could even look at other girls, much less mess around. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It was not clear where he had been shot or how seriously hurt he was, or if he was conscious or would live. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Because they were men, their work was taken much more seriously than Maria’s. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But I have a right to be taken seriously too. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z His hands had to be seriously burned from blocking the first volley. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z There had been a fight The Queen’s knights had defended her as best they could with swords and falchions, until they were all wounded, six of them seriously. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was seriously like five lines, but it was grammatically correct and strangely poetic, and just completely different from anything I’d ever read before. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “If Eddie wins,” Mom said seriously, “he’ll put some money away for college. The rest will be his money to do with what he wishes.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It was curious, but he was not taking life seriously. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The second major complaint was that Malcolm X was himself too confused to be seriously followed any longer. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If only I had someone who took my feelings seriously. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Okay, seriously, what are we going to do?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He came home with a crescent-shaped scar on his temple, seriously weakened vision in his left eye, and a suspicion of his own cowardice from which he could never recover. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was prepared to reveal whatever was required for him to take me seriously, which would have probably been significant given how tattered and desperate he thought I was. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the time I seriously didn’t feel like trying to be anything else. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “You did not just seriously ask me that in good faith.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In addition to quail, wild turkeys were seriously reduced by the fire ant program. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "He took life very easily, it seemed to me; probably after being in prison for so long he didn't take it as seriously as someone else might have done." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Darnell said he told Walter's former lawyers what he told me and they had raised it in the motion for a new trial, but no one took it seriously. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He was angry at what he interpreted as “slanted” press treatment recently; he felt especially that the newspapers had not taken seriously his statements of the personal danger he was in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Like General Albert Sidney Johnston, who, when asked if he was injured, answered, ‘Yes, and I fear seriously.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z For me, the importance of all this was that I began to realize that the large chocolate companies actually did possess inventing rooms and they took their inventing very seriously. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sara, you want to win that competition and get your mom on TV, right? This is our big chance to tell people about her business. And don’t you want your parents to take you seriously?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z When they ordered him to stop, he joked with them, not taking the order seriously. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They took this one seriously, as he had hinted that he might be poisoning one of them before Christmas to see if their antidote worked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Whose whims had been taken seriously by adults and who grew up to be the stingiest, greediest people on earth and out of their stinginess grew their stingy little love that ate everything in sight. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps because he knew they didn’t take him seriously. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “She said we could not meet you until you had rested because you had been so seriously ill. Almost died, she said.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Harry, this isn’t going to be kept quiet,” said Hermione, very seriously. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Brian studied her out of one eye, looking to the bank with the other, wondering how seriously he was injured, wondering if she would let him go this time. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t break down or nothing like that, seriously, even as I remember playing catch with my boys. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I came off as “just an average kid,” which I thought was pretty decent because, seriously, I’d been expecting worse. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Okay, seriously? That would be, like, so totally awesome! I could apply to Cambridge,” Shanti said in awe. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I started thinking seriously about how I was going to deal with Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z No one took them seriously—in terms of them being racist or whatever. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “And the most important thing is that no one got seriously hurt. Mom is fine. Okay, Chris?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z We laughed at Ms. G’s analogy, and did not take her seriously. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My head is pounding, and my balance seriously compromised. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He later summed up his experience: “The Cubans seem to take chess more seriously....They feel more the way I do about chess. Chess is like fighting, and I like to win. So do they.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “And awesome. And seriously the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me in my life.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Right, right,” Rishi said, as if he were seriously considering her points. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z At some point in mid-July I began thinking seriously about Canada. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But he looks at me real seriously, and says, “Don’t you ever wear this, you hear me?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z But in the last bloody combat Martin was seriously wounded. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Mami winked at her, and smiled a high-watt smile to reassure the little girl that these Americans need not be taken seriously. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I thought maybe now I better take volunteering pretty seriously. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Did I seriously call him at past three in the morning? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He’d seen the discomfort in Frank’s face before, but Leo hadn’t taken it seriously. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Father had pooh-poohed the men as a bunch of cranks, but Travis had taken it seriously and asked me after some thought, “Callie, is the world really going to end tonight?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And even though he refuses to take himself seriously, Molly can tell he’s way smarter than he admits, probably even smarter than he knows. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “He wasn’t the kind of man who would do something like that. He took his responsibility as a scythe—and training us—very seriously. I can’t believe he would just give up like that....” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Mack and the boys poured themselves a short one and regarded him seriously. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack hadn’t taken the idea seriously, but what if the person who’d sent it in to Bayside Press had been right? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I am learning the pathways of the heart, Eleanor thought quite seriously, and then wondered what she could have meant by thinking any such thing. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z You seriously want me to put my hand in there? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “You know the doctor thinks it’s the sign of a bigger problem,” she said seriously. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the fact that he wasn’t taking it seriously? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Tucker Mouse took himself very seriously now that he was the manager of a famous concert artist. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Their rituals are not to be taken seriously. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He realized he might be taking the assignment a little too seriously. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He takes his work very, very seriously and goes in a lot even when he isn’t technically on shift. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I seriously don’t know what I was thinking. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Bernard, regardless of the reason, fighting at this school is taken seriously.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z They would take it all a little too seriously. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Surely nobody could have taken the accusation seriously. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He limped over to them, gave them each a ten-dollar bill, and said seriously, “Enjoy your youth, my young friends. Tomorrow it may be gone.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven hundred years ago—or it may have been fifteen hundred according to Malory’s notation-—people took dreams as seriously as the psychiatrists do today, and Lancelot’s had been a disturbing one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The family cat had attacked the cocker spaniel that lived across the street, and now it seemed as if one of the spaniel’s eyes might be seriously damaged. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew better by now than to bite seriously. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z By Eratosthenes’ time, most of those who thought seriously about such questions believed in the sphericity of the earth. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “The wreck of the canoe...left us seriously embarrassed,” said Rondon. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z It is his first date in a long time; with the exception of a few forgettable affairs at Columbia he’s been with no one seriously since Ruth. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Jen looked at him as if she seriously wondered if he had a brain. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z They took it all very seriously When Charles wasn’t winning, he would yell, “Bang your bones!” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "No," she said, seriously and with certainty, "you will not." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Is she seriously about to laugh at me right now? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Mila, that boy had no business grabbing your arm, but you should have used words, you know? You just can’t go around kicking kids in middle school! You could have seriously injured someone.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There was, however, a measure of contempt in their indifference, for they had little patience with people who took themselves that seriously. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you have to look all that up. If you don’t treat each word that seriously then you’re not treating the novel seriously.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The vampire business smacked of Dark Shadows reruns, and I refused to take it seriously. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And then he stared at me in a manner that was either serious or seriously malicious. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But seriously: whatever inside jokes he has with himself, I think I’d like to be in on them. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Now that the Tap-Out is being taken seriously—now that all these resources are being mobilized—it will be okay. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “It means he has a seriously strong will. And something to hide.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Did you seriously just say hi to them?” she hisses loud enough for me to hear. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Like branding steers or embalming the dead, teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z For some reason, they seriously hated each other. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But that, as he now realized, was because he had not taken the threats quite seriously; he had not believed that, when it came to the point, the D.H.C. would ever do anything. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right,” Bull said seriously, “you have done a lot of drinking. I guess I’m just the old doubting Thomas. For a minute I didn’t think you knew what you were talking about.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In total, four families had been targeted throughout town that night, though thankfully, nobody had been hurt too seriously. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z In the course of the fight Trip managed to break his sword, hide under a lady’s dress, fence with a sausage, and perform such fantastical acrobatics that it’s a miracle he didn’t seriously injure himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z No one dies of nausea, but it can seriously sap the will to live. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Nobody took this seriously, and they laughed at the young man when he said such things. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z No one took her seriously because she was small and feathered, a strange little dino-bird, but she had a sickle claw and she was not afraid to use it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I’ve started doing what Kyla does—writing lots of stuff down—and it seems like people do take you more seriously when you do that. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Ricketts’ was clearly not the best place to care for seriously ill patients, so the Guardians decided to find a building in a more isolated area. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I need to start taking my studies here seriously or I’m going to be out on the street, a vagrant for real. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Indeed, even to be seriously considered by Nature underscored the real-world applications of this new generation of neuroscience. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Indeed, I am unaware of anyone’s even seriously suggesting any supposed distinctive biological features of the region’s peoples that might have contributed to the potency of its food production package. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A problem I’d had from day one, I knew, was taking it all too seriously. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a baby would believe that a tree—seriously, a tree—had walked down the hill and attacked the house. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Three months after his confession to his brother, Theo falls seriously ill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z How could scholars ignore what governments took seriously? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “So you take your cartoons as seriously as you take books?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve kept this quiet but the Head is ill, perhaps seriously so. He’s scheduled to enter the hospital tomorrow. Tests and things. The outlook isn’t good . . .” Archie waited for Leon to get to the point. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm looking at Mom seriously, but she's smiling like this is the funniest conversation in the world. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I don’t think Ocllo will allow me anywhere near him, though. She takes her position as our supervisor very seriously.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Dad stands up, finally maybe taking this as seriously as he should. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The fast lasted five days before the warden took it seriously. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Alter, you seriously can’t be thinking about searching for that man at this hour?” he exclaimed in disbelief. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “In the chat room, they were making jokes. Carlos and Sean and the others. You said they weren’t taking it seriously.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z After all, an accusation from a fellow scythe should be taken seriously—but the High Blade put the paper down and said, “Well, if there’s nothing more, we’ll take our midmorning break.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The week before, we’d all been given a lecture about taking the opportunity seriously and behaving appropriately. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Seeing that he was not taking her seriously, Hannah decided there was nothing else to do but go along. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of the few rules that was not taken very seriously and was almost always broken. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She just takes being principal way too seriously. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She was a figure lost to the mists of history, and though the Council of Sages took her invitation seriously, Con knew that his father only submitted to the Council because of tradition. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Are you seriously calling me right now to talk about this? I’m at lunch with my boyfriend.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Paul, please. You need to take this ‘option very seriously. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But no one on our team ever took it too seriously. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It had been a long time since Jam had voiced this much or for this long, and she could see that Redemption was taking that seriously. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z At the moment he was lying right there on the carpet, and no one who knew about his condition would've seriously demanded that he let the manager in. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, USA Fencing officials and my management team took the matter seriously right away and took it to the highest levels of law enforcement. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z ‘Forty-eight hours, but usually sooner. But from the word go, we take the disappearance of minors very seriously. That’s why I’m here.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hitting me full force now: We were out in the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of the night, in choppy water, with a seriously injured woman. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z John leads us to a huge suite—seriously, it looks like a penthouse—overlooking downtown. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I was not angry, but I was seriously annoyed. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The afternoon had just begun, but already I was wondering how I might feel if someone were to get seriously hurt—maybe not killed or paralyzed—but definitely injured. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “After this one, the rest will be fives,” Genie said seriously. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “I don’t think Arthur Ashe meant the remark to be taken seriously,” I said to David one afternoon as we were reading the paper heralding Ashe’s pending arrival. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Arm was seriously worried by Ear, who had passed out cold. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “There’re other things to read than print,” she said, “and the Princess of Hammersmith is displeased with you and is thinking seriously of going home.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He pauses, waiting until I return his gaze; maybe he wants to know that I’m reassured by his presence, that I know he takes this seriously. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I’m armed and—entirely dangerous and seriously advise you— He realizes his wand is the wrong way around and turns it right. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Perhaps the little Abnegation girl inside of you would take that more seriously.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Why thank you, madam shopkeeper. How hot are you, seriously?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “No, seriously, Liana. No reason. And I wish you’d told me before, but I’m not mad at you or anything.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But it took all this talk of old age so seriously that by the time you finished and walked down the corridor, you acted old. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “It means that they are seriously considering hiring me,” she says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Eventually, even the Urban League came to take the claims of genocide seriously. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I took my duty seriously and didn’t budge, despite the freezing wind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Although many of these antisuffrage sentiments may seem ludicrous to us today, they were taken seriously by those who felt threatened by the prospect of women attaining the ballot. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He told me about his direct line to God and said I should think seriously, very seriously, about coming down to the church for a chat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The surprise is that he takes him seriously. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He is squinting and looking very seriously at the little boy. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We never talked seriously about girls and sex at home. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Sorry, Ma. Now, seriously, what have you been up to?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And when she met Aunty Onenu, she felt this more strongly: here was a woman easy to like bvit difficult to take seriously. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She liked Sinjin, liked his silly humor and the way he didn’t take himself too seriously. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I’m used to not being taken seriously, but only the “lighthearted” Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the “deeper” Anne is too weak. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Besides, it’s only a pet name, not to be taken seriously, simply something to put on the certificate for now to release them from the hospital. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The woman comes back with a seriously foul-smelling rag in her hands. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “My mom had fantasies about the two of us bonding, and I tried, but that girl seriously did not like me,” Immie continued. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We know only that no one took Hill seriously. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I get that you don’t take this pageant seriously, but maybe you could at least pretend to.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As outrageous as the claim was, ABI agents appeared to take it seriously. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Does my face say to people, ‘Trouble is my friend’? I’m asking you seriously.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I had never before discussed physics seriously with anyone as old as Alfred.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And I seriously laughed out loud at your crime-fighting office supply Justice League. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z If I’d heard reports of Allies being late to work or not taking their duties seriously, I was stern in letting them know that we expected better. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We take wedding attire as seriously as Anna Wintour takes the Met Gala. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Are you seriously advancing this as a reason for not killing him now?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not uncommon for inmates to be seriously injured, losing fingers or limbs, after working long hours in brutal and dangerous conditions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z One day, Terrence’s mother rushed into the principal’s office, having been called and told her son was seriously injured, only to find the call had been a hoax. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Although he was battered and badly frightened, he didn’t seem seriously injured. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The Winstons were the embodiment of the Double V, and Mary took her duties as secretary as seriously as if she were the head of the club. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They were so awful, in fact, that Jackie had laughed in a friendly way at them, something Terryl appreciated; she tried not to take herself too seriously. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But successful negotiations required a French government sufficiently stable and adequately impressed with American power to bargain seriously. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He seriously talks about wearing one of those doctor masks over his face while we “operate.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Bragg, in dismissing him from his room, had angrily told him that he would consider seriously whether he could continue to give Francis a place in the laboratory after his Ph.D. course was ended. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Besides, I have something to talk with you about later, and I’ll need you to take me seriously for that.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I smiled at this and he became angry that I was not taking him seriously. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother said, “Roy, honey, they’re not going to arrest him. But he needs to be taught a lesson. He could seriously hurt somebody, picking on smaller kids the way he does.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And now before I say anything more about my father, or my father’s son, and repay confidence with confidence, I want to make myself seriously disagreeable to you for a moment,—positively repulsive.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Peaches was what you would call seriously fine. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard to tell when they mean to be taken seriously. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “No, but seriously. It was never exactly proved that Lancelot is dead.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Harry,” he said, very seriously, “whoever put your name in that goblet — I — I reckon they’re trying to do you in!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Now I know that—in the beginning at least—my mother never did anything seriously wrong. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Many of the paintings had been transported to the Konigstein, but some were seriously injured by splinters of bombshells,—notably Francia’s “Baptism of Christ.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I was thinking seriously of heatstroke when I heard Mary Alice shriek in the kitchen. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z So when Mr. Tate, the principal at my new school, started talking about me laying low for the season until I got my grades together I was like seriously turned out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She listened seriously, but I could tell that she was not interested in me, that in fact she felt a bit superior to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I handled my phone messages, started thinking seriously about what I’d do the moment I got out—would I buy a cup of coffee? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Ahmed opens up the car door and says we should get going, so I quickly crawl into the backseat of the car before I start to seriously cry. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The turtle just sits there, not taking us seriously. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z In the beginning Mr. Dussel took our soon-forgotten clashes very seriously, but now he’s grown used to them and no longer tries to mediate. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She appreciated the fact that they took her seriously. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “No, Dad, seriously. It’s not...I mean, this is serious business.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z We know something is seriously wrong, yet none of us are ready for the shock of the news. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As he crossed the state line into Mississippi, a white man hidden in a clump of bushes shot Meredith from behind with a shotgun, seriously wounding him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I wanted her to notice how seriously I was taking all of this. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “I could have,” Kvothe said seriously, “and I didn’t. I made my choice and I regret it to this day. Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Why are you taking the thing so seriously and making such a fuss over it?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Sister Mukumbu just smiled at him like she didn’t take Crazy Kelvin seriously. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to be taking this meeting far more seriously than he’d taken the one he had with my mother and me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I had thought seriously of attending one of their meetings. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He takes his position as the oldest pretty seriously and believes in looking out for his little sister, even though I’m as tall as he is. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “My confidence in you has been seriously diminished since I heard about the disreputable activities in which you engaged on Thursday last. Please repeat.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z To the Soviet Union, which had been left out of the Munich Agreement, the rate at which Germany was gobbling up European territory was seriously alarming. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Prosecutors admit that they routinely charge people with crimes for which they technically have probable cause but which they seriously doubt they could ever win in court. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was hard to know how seriously to take the fires. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whatever it was,” he said seriously, “I’m glad you ran to Hannah. She needs you. Keep an eye on her, won't you?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The actual operation of drug forfeiture laws seriously undermines the usual rhetoric offered in support of the War on Drugs, namely that it is the big “kingpins” that are the target of the war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I know our crash was scary, but seriously, we can’t walk everywhere from now on, you know.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “And yes, seriously. My parents are so deranged it’s not even funny.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I would hold my laugh, bite my tongue, grit my teeth and very seriously erase even the touch of a smile from my face. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve had my eye on you. I’m not well, Therese. If I see that you do this well, I’ll seriously consider putting you in charge when I go to the hospital.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z That claim needn’t be taken seriously, since the prior rights of the Cape Khoisan didn’t inhibit whites from dispossessing them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “No! Of course not! You seriously think I have friends?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They ran the rest of practice, until nearly everybody in the room had either puked or seriously considered the possibility. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I seriously don’t know what the hell is happening. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z "Rich, seriously. You have to do your job." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Next time, he should wear a suit so people would take him seriously. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I figured the car had been empty when the tree hit, because seriously, I probably would have been in the loop if someone had bitten it inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Four other Sherpas had hauled him out alive, but he was seriously injured, possibly with a broken femur. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A San Francisco middle school must have a very rigid idea of acceptable clothes if James had taken her question so seriously. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “If you can’t watch your brother’s back without dissing him, then you need to seriously check out your relationship,” Mtisha said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The comments are considered a bit of constructive feedback from the outside, and the teachers who are asked to give them take it seriously. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Kyle was seriously glad he and his mom had played so many games of Trivial Pursuit—with the original, extremely old cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z My gramps seriously doesn’t seem too happy to have me here. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Grown-ups generally took the truth too seriously or not seriously enough; either way it meant trouble. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t seriously concerned about the Japanese crew, from Tokyo Imperial University. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “The men in green all forsook England a hundred years ago,” said I, speaking as seriously as he had done. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z To them, numbers and philosophy were inseparable, and they took both very seriously. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They’d lost their transportation to Fjerda, and if the shots raining down on them were any indication, they were seriously outnumbered. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Okay, but I seriously think you’ll feel better if you get out of bed and let me take you somewhere.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Unless Jenny Lindt is secretly a frat boy, I seriously doubt it. They’re going to flop. This thing isn’t going to go any further.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z If you ask me, neither the mayor nor any of these other folks were taking things seriously enough. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He blew his nose, which had begun to feel seriously cold, and ordered another coffee from the waiter rushing past him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s just hard to take a guy seriously when he talks about his family pulling themselves up by their bootstraps while he’s wearing his own five-hundred-dollar pair of shoes. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Because when you get down to it, thinking of somebody as 100% human seriously gets in the way of hating them. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a secret selection, made by the leaders of the community, the Committee of Elders, who took the responsibility so seriously that there were never even any jokes made about Assignments. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z "I will listen to him," he said seriously. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “I saw them together, like I told you, but you wouldn’t have taken me seriously if I’d just been some girl on the train. I needed—” “You needed!” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The strategy of affirmative action, finally, did not take seriously the educational dilemma of disadvantaged students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “One who never gets taken seriously, who always wants more power.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It didn’t look like something you could take seriously. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was the only boy who practised it seriously, and it was not quite so simple a business fifty years ago as it is today. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe this should have been a sign that something was seriously up with me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Nothing could be assured, but I explained to Walter that we were only just now getting to a court where our claims would be seriously considered. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Some are taking it seriously and practicing their routines. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Every form of medication in the book. Mom, too. And then me, with the pot...when you come right down to it, there isn’t anybody in the household who isn’t seriously drugged except the fish.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He gave Annabeth and me each a canteen of nectar and a Ziploc bag full of ambrosia squares, to be used only in emergencies, if we were seriously hurt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, however, these fears never had time to develop seriously. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “But seriously, and don’t take this the wrong way. Can you even sing in Spanish?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z If he remembered correctly, under the circular counter there was a stash of seriously old blue suitcases. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Did he seriously think she could possibly have heard any of his mysterious mouthings? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She was not a serious witch like her sister Morgan le Fay—for her head was too empty to take any great art seriously, even if it were the Mack one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And then it comes again, more—and then okay, calm down, okay, seriously, she’s not dead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I say, more seriously, “The most ridiculous part is, in any other faction it would be brave of us to tell someone what happened. But here... in Dauntless ... bravery won’t do us any good.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “I mean it,” she said, because she knew I wasn’t listening as seriously as she was talking. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly because he was too shy, and because also he had been brought up in a society where such invitations were often largely a matter of social course and not to be taken that seriously. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Here was an opportunity to make practical use of the theories in which he had marinated for years—and in the service of a fight against Fascism that he took seriously indeed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Jasper Jr. hadn’t heard him because he was too busy messing with me, and now his father was seriously ticked off. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He took his job as the man of the house seriously and actually liked the father role. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “What matters is he’s a lot smarter than he lets on. And I just think it's time to take DuShawn Carter seriously.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about it, jaan. The most important thing is that you weren’t seriously hurt.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I seriously might have my dad give the school a call. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Charley takes his job pretty seriously. You might lose a hand.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who? Who does not take you seriously?” his father wanted to know, lifting his fingers from his plate, looking up at him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The only light now came from the silvery ghosts, who were drifting about talking seriously to the prefects, and the enchanted ceiling, which, like the sky outside, was scattered with stars. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She nodded seriously, though her eyes were dancing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Their worry was cord-around-the-neck bigger than that—but seriously, parents freaking about teens, it’s kind of part of the deal. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She didn’t take me 100 percent seriously, but she helped me anyway. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Dude, seriously, what are you doing back there?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The time had come to choose their subjects for the third year, a matter that Hermione, at least, took very seriously. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Introducing my friends to my employees was going to be a seriously weird moment that I’d just as soon avoid for a while longer. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Her younger daughter with Ernest, Anna, whom a relative had been raising since Mollie became seriously ill, had died. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Sabrina was not playing around when she said she took our input seriously. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “You’ll agree with me that such work isn’t intended seriously. You can do better than this—fortunately; but why, then, observe and treat everything so superficially?” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “It was beyond disrespectful and inappropriate, and I want you to know that I take this extremely seriously.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “But not in a mean way. It means were taking you seriously. Means you’re one of us.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She was too different—took seriously things that even girls ought not to take very seriously: paintings, poems, the music she played on the piano. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “So wait, you seriously don’t know why I punched that guy and...?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z This was my first intimation that something had gone seriously wrong. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But seriously, you don’t want to hang out with the dinosaur guys anyway. You should do something fun with Ben.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z That these were words that anybody could say seriously, outside a film and outside the pages of a book, seemed odd. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We’d ended up on some small, nowhere road—which probably shouldn’t have bothered Stokumites such as ourselves, but seriously, the thing hadn’t even been plowed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I was seriously thinking about taking a dive myself. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She got the guy accused of killing her husband, nailed him in the head and chest, seriously injuring a policeman and a court recorder along the way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Surely,” I interrupted, with a burning face and heart, “you do not seriously think that he is scoundrel enough for that, Mr. Jaggers?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, this evening, as he came out from among the ash trees to talk to Captain Chervil, the General was feeling seriously concerned about several things. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey, that was ballsy. What you did for her, I mean. Jay, seriously, man, come to practice sometime. We need dudes like you on the team.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z They did not take the race seriously except among themselves. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He declared that every patient had to pay eighty cents, except for women, children, the truly poor, and anyone seriously ill. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She seriously contemplated, for the first time, the fall of Umuahia as she walked home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But he never said which were the seriously ones. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I was the only one who was thick enough to take that song seriously!” said Harry bitterly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Are you seriously not going to take this opportunity to talk to beautiful women?” he asked. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z After seeing just how well- disciplined the Germans were, he was beginning to take them very seriously. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “The rest of the world finally noticed and is taking the Tap-Out seriously.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Are you seriously not even going to say anything?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were bright, like she might actually cry or was seriously considering it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “But a reminder: This paper is fifty percent of your grade. I encourage you to take it seriously Now, about this Jesus fellow.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Not quite all of them,” he said seriously, and then laughed when he saw the look on my face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I grabbed him by the shirt, which seriously wasn’t like me, but the stupid old goat was making me mad. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Are we seriously listening to Vanilla Ice right now?” she says as the opening bars of one of my favorite Queen songs—featuring David Bowie—play. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “Plenty of things go wrong in society. There are plenty of things that are troubling to society, but you have to take your power seriously.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z People who take this prohibition seriously have gotten their grammar wrong. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, seriously, Google it. This is a legit thing in DC.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Okay, seriously, I hope those fries are hot enough for you. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z But seriously, I couldn’t get anywhere close to being that honest. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I am getting seriously weird in the head. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Because it’s wrong! It exploits women. We’re parading around in bathing suits and evening gowns, letting people judge us for the way we look. No wonder the world doesn’t take us seriously.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He looked at the two of them seriously. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Because seriously, if the greatest brains in the world couldn’t come up with any answers, what was some loser kid from Stokum going to add to life’s big mysteries? Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And yet she felt happy, here where her grandparents were eating so seriously, where the clouds hung like heavy fruit, where the wheat curved into the distance. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I guess I was too busy reading comics. But seriously, does he ever come back?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z |
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