McCain is the serious-looking war hero on the ticket.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election Central Morning Roundup] Reference

At last we want a serious-looking gate to the beer room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beer cellar inventory] Reference

Quick cut between serious-looking celebrity talking heads.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

The serious-looking young man in military uniform in sepia tones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sepulchre]

And yesterday I saw a serious-looking couple strolling down the road.    From Wordnik.com.  [we coulda been anything that we wanted to be] Reference

I associate art with speechless audiences and serious-looking critics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zero Punctuation] Reference

A serious-looking combination dial protruded from the front of the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Empress File]

Lawford came to the store before bedtime -- very white and serious-looking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference

His hand dived into his pocket and came out with a serious-looking handgun.    From Wordnik.com.  [Static] Reference

It was big and serious-looking, and he held it rock-steady in his gloved hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unspeakable] Reference

Egon Stachel was a serious-looking man, hair sun-bleached, eyes very pale blue.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eternal Mercenary]

These serious-looking sailors were flanking a man Croaker had never seen before.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kaisho]

We just sat there, four or five infimidatingly serious-looking young men and women.    From Wordnik.com.  [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]

In the right-front seat was a serious-looking chap with a little Beretta squirt-gun.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sum of all Fears]

In the parlour was a serious-looking gentleman, with a glass of something before him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference

Plus there's an alarm system on the fence as well as some serious-looking razor wire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Resurrection Men]

A serious-looking man in work clothes stood astride the conference room's open doorway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Story: "Prison Break" (3rd in a series)] Reference

This serious-looking equation gave SETI serious footing as a legitimate intellectual inquiry.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of fear]

On the cover was a serious-looking, serious-minded cellist against a back­drop of blue velvet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Silent]

This serious-looking equation gave SETI a serious footing as a legitimate intellectual inquiry.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Aliens Cause Global Warming'] Reference

‘She knows her sheep does Marianne,’ I was told by a serious-looking girl with dark plaits.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Bookish Comedy « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference

It's very sad that these serious-looking academics in Iran are wasting their time on this bilge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Potter and the Ziono-Hollywoodists] Reference

But the serious-looking photographers in the Hocking Hills weren't taking those sorts of pictures.    From Wordnik.com.  [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference

Many of the pictures showed a serious-looking Williams masturbating in or with the stolen lingerie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russell Williams, Top Canadian Military Commander, Pleads Guilty To Murder, Sexual Assault] Reference

When he is finished he sets my book down on the podium and takes on this serious-looking expression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conjugating Verbs] Reference

And so she did, in her most expensive suit, which was also serious-looking, but just feminine enough.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sum of all Fears]

The large, serious-looking van turned and started to reverse towards a rear entrance to the hospital.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul]

Mr. Smith was looking into the street along which three very serious-looking men were slowly progressing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men of Affairs] Reference

Did you know that your face gets all serious-looking when someone tells you something you don't want to believe?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Taste of Coins from Treasure Troves] Reference

The door swung open, revealing a rather serious-looking young man in grey jogging bottoms and a plain white T-shirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boiling a Frog]

I threatened to scoop up my grandmother, too, but Nana Mama made a serious-looking cross with her fingers to ward me off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kiss the Girls]

One of them is a well-dressed, serious-looking gentleman who stands out amidst the blue-collar crowd, soaking in the action.    From Wordnik.com.  [The man behind the 'Greatest Show on Earth'] Reference

It was John Wickes who arrived at five-fifteen, a serious-looking man with large eyeglasses and a thoughtful way of speaking.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cat Who Moved A Mountain]

He was a very serious-looking gentleman and with his full-bearded face looked not unlike the artist's conception of the Saviour.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians] Reference

Her brother was sitting behind it, a serious-looking man in his thirties, bearing the good looks which had passed his sister by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not Once But Twice]

Inside the booths, the companies are represented by serious-looking men in suits, and most of the visitors are also serious men in suits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Random Access Online: Slashdot Debuts In Japan] Reference

Through the window, between two pyramids of pink and blue packets of biscuits, one could always catch sight of the serious-looking Madame.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference