He learned the seriousness of his illness.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness- Robert Rice.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

She urged the department to acknowledge what she described as the seriousness of the situation and formulate a clear proactive response.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Wait, you mean that was spoken in seriousness? leon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama congratulates Franken] Reference

No argument about the short-term seriousness of the decline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference

The blend of concentrated analytical seriousness is palpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Lasarow: The Revolution Ended. Long Live the Revolution] Reference

Mr President your seriousness is well respected by all of our veterans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pentagon officials: Obama to announce strategy 'early next week'] Reference

Respondents can be lacking in seriousness, unsure what they believe, and evasive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Cognitive Dissonance] Reference

The country looks for seriousness from the man who wants to be its Prime Minister.    From Wordnik.com.  [The economic crisis is a tough test for David Cameron] Reference

As the story moves on towards the conclusions, the drama and the seriousness is raised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Filmstalker Review: Elementarteilchen (Atomised)] Reference

I've never had the opportunity to hunt elk and in seriousness have never had the desire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Best Elk Rifle?] Reference

But turning a satire piece into Exhibit A of liberal seriousness is just downright loopy.    From Wordnik.com.  [January 2004] Reference

Mixing laughter and seriousness is his way of telling the truth about abuses and unrighteousness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Prize in Literature 1997 - Presentation Speech] Reference

When journalists worry about the decline of newspapers, this sort of seriousness is what they fear is being lost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Murdoch Goes to War] Reference

In all seriousness, is it possible that all of this played an important role in your falling prey to the vanity press con?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-01-01] Reference

I've been asked (in seriousness) where readers could get the Book of the Gospel According to Judas that is quoted in the book.    From Wordnik.com.  [In-Between Land] Reference

I burst out laughing and said: "Is that what you call the seriousness of life?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Young Girl's Diary] Reference

In all seriousness, that is an incredible find, thank you for pointing it to us.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Night Lights” Classic Jazz Radio Program] Reference

O'BRIEN: In all seriousness, that is, possibly, at the center of the controversy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 6, 2005] Reference

In all seriousness, that is probably the worst film I have seen in a good decade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gareth’s Top Ten Comedies of the 21st Century (So Far) | Obsessed With Film] Reference

Adding to the seriousness is the fact that this methane is not oxidizing in the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [current.com top stories] Reference

So you may laugh but there are apparently people who make these arguments in seriousness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Trinity University Keeping “Year of Our Lord” in Its Diplomas] Reference

But in seriousness the Superhero won’t be recording his violent clashes with his enemies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How to Give Your Superhero A Day Job] Reference

(Please realize that I’m joking, in seriousness I think maternity leave is very important).    From Wordnik.com.  [» Playgroups Saved my Sanity Strocel.com] Reference

It is as though he were from the so-called seriousness of life able to return to his childhood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christentum als mystische Tatsache und die Mysterien des Altertums. English] Reference

Actually in seriousness, I’d like to know your location itinerary (not the dates necessarily).    From Wordnik.com.  [HLO Day 4: When Your Qantas Club Card Dies | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

They're audience-attracting shows under the guise of news seriousness, which is only a marketing draw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shame on NBC News.] Reference

A certain air of effort about it, of a strenuous seriousness, which is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essays on Scandinavian Literature] Reference

Africa, and said his government was assessing the "seriousness" of the events.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

In which the LP proceeds to permanently destroy her reputation for "seriousness".    From Wordnik.com.  [In which the LP proceeds to permanently destroy her reputation for "seriousness"] Reference

In which the LP proceeds to permanently destroy her reputation for "seriousness" ».    From Wordnik.com.  [Ewwww] Reference

And that gives you an idea of the kind of seriousness, the kind of way in which Britain regards the whole thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2007] Reference

Then the jury began to laugh quietly, with a kind of seriousness, and again the judge straightened, checking a smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rim of the Desert] Reference

At a moment with this kind of seriousness, the last thing you want is a tie that goes psychedelic under the TV lights.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2004] Reference