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.
• 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
• Sunak has never seemed to take the future of the planet seriously.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2023
• One thing O’Neal took seriously was the people around him.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 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
• 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 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
• What is the thing that no one else believes is being taken seriously?
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Aug. 2023
• The Hatch Restore 2 is a white noise machine, sunrise lamp, and smart alarm clock in one seriously smart-looking package.
  — Rachael Hogg, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2023
• Toward the end of the segment on Minhaj, Goldberg doubled down and explained that a lot of the things comics joke about have grains of truth but aren’t meant to be taken so seriously.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2023
• Although the case had been closed, Cercone felt something was seriously wrong.
  — Maureen Maher, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
• No one was seriously injured and the plane landed safely.
  — Amanda Maile, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
• Regina felt the police weren’t taking the case seriously.
  — Time, 14 Aug. 2023
• But Gomez and her team have seriously put in the work, and their products' top-notch quality and universal appeal is proof.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2024
• In essence, Stout is an artist who takes her work seriously, but not too seriously.
  — Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2023
• Since Dicks: The Musical is (as the name suggests) a musical, Charles took sound very seriously.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2023
• Studer was not seriously injured and didn’t go to the hospital.
  — Phillip Reese, Fortune Well, 27 Jan. 2024
• At the highest level, executives must pick up the phone (seriously, this works) and speak to each other.
  — Ali Shahbaz, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Fake but seriously lifelike clusters of plants and patches of moss freckle the room’s landscape.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• Airbnb has fought against the New York City regulations, saying the change would seriously hamper both its business and host income in the city.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
• This Moko case provides seriously tough armor for your iPad and will take everything your kid can dish out.
  — Tanya Edwards, Parents, 13 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 May 2024