How to Use seriously in a Sentence

seriously

adverb

• You don't mean that seriously, do you?
• No one was seriously injured in the accident.
• I thought seriously about death while I was in the hospital.
• You should seriously consider buying a new car.
• I think you are seriously mistaken.
• It was so hot that we nearly melted. But seriously, it was hotter than I've ever experienced.
• Stock up on some new looks now and enjoy the seriously low prices while the sale lasts.
  — Rachel Simon, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
• My managers took the threat seriously as well, putting my wife and I up in a hotel.
  — Chris Gloninger, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
• Check her out skiing with her twins—that’s a sport that’ll seriously tone your butt and legs.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 20 July 2023
• Matt Czuchry takes his TV dad role seriously on- and off-screen.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
• Sunak has never seemed to take the future of the planet seriously.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2023
• Our girls took the off season seriously and are ready to go after that title again and make a run for states.
  — Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2023
• One thing O’Neal took seriously was the people around him.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Read the room: Johnson's rank-and-file aren't taking his Plan A seriously ...
  — Hans Nichols, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
• Head injuries need to be taken seriously — even if some guys on TV don’t seem to think so.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
• To no one's surprise, Williams took the role seriously and served up perhaps one of her best red carpet looks yet.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
• The amazing new video highlights the fact that the 25-year-old actress is seriously strong right now—and that’s no accident.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
• Bosch: Legacy is back for its second season, and by the looks of the teaser video, fans are in for a seriously intense ride.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 26 Aug. 2023
• There's no doubt a wife and mother shares a seriously special bond with the father of her children.
  — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 1 June 2023
• Guevara doesn’t take the tracks too seriously, but they’re meant to be played at gay nightclubs and are fun to perform onstage.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
• The best summer suits don’t take themselves too seriously, and most could work well with loafers and a button-down or sneakers and a T-shirt.
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2023
• The suspenseful music then combines with screams (and squeals) for a trailer that seriously sets the scene.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Alex is trying to be taken seriously on the campaign with a memo about how to win Texas, but nobody’s having it.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2023
• The lead in a new play destined for Broadway and already on edge, Myrtle starts to seriously spiral.
  — Olivia Marks, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2024
• The Clippers will take all of their games seriously, finish with the best possible playoff seed, and then hope for good health.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• What is the thing that no one else believes is being taken seriously?
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Aug. 2023
• If her seriously stunning sheer gown gave you inspo for prom or your next black tie event, then take a look at our finds below.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 18 May 2023
• The trouble was that the banks didn’t take those warnings seriously and the regulators, knowing this, didn’t press the issue.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
• New Delhi at the time expressed concern after the U.S. raised the issue and said India takes it seriously.
  — Rob Gillies, Aijaz Hussain, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
• The designer took the process of creating the collection extremely seriously and with heart, and was hesitant with the idea of adding denim jeans to the collection, but in the end came around to it.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024