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Example sentences for "serious matter"

  • Forgery is a serious matter, regardless of the circumstances.

  • It's a serious matter, in view of the physician's report.

  • I do not see that we could undertake anything alone, and in any case, you see, it would be a serious matter to lay an accusation against a prominent citizen who is actually a captain of one of the bands.

  • This is a serious matter, you know; it is a grave thing to bring an accusation against anyone in matters touching the state.

  • Civil war is a serious matter, Strides, And no man should rush blindly into its dangers and difficulties.

  • This is a serious matter, indeed, if it be really so.

  • That is indeed a serious matter, and may lead to most serious consequences!

  • To the orthodox Hindu, killing a cow, even accidentally, is a serious matter, and involves the feeding of Brahmans and the performance of pilgrimages.

  • The cutting of the hair is always a serious matter.

  • The testimony of every fair-minded man is that we have accomplished an incalculable amount of excellent work there.

  • Perhaps they won't give him his choice, for threatening to shoot a lord is a serious matter.

  • It would be a serious matter if she were to run on shore during the night, or be retaken by a French cruiser.

  • To strike an officer, even though he strikes you first, is a serious matter, and I was wrong in advising it.

  • Is it not a serious matter that so many fell in the course of two and a half years?

  • This is a serious matter, and I hope that I shall never be guilty of trampling on such costly blood.

  • The Kaffir question is also a serious matter.

  • That Saturday morning, however, Mr. Thrush was not only up before the paper came, but for once he took its opinion seriously on a serious matter.

  • I come on a serious matter, Mr. Thrush—a very serious matter to me!

  • At an earlier stage the ironmaster would have raised his voice and repeated that this was a serious matter; even now he looked rather reproachfully at Eugene Thrush, who came back to business on the spot.

  • Do not be alarmed, Miss Kingston; a broken shoulder is not a serious matter, only I would rather it had not happened just at the present moment; there are more important affairs in hand.

  • You know how hot the feeling is at present, and it is a serious matter at any time to interfere between a master and his slaves in the Southern States.

  • They could ill spare the soldiers required to guard so large a number of prisoners, and a supply of food was in itself a serious matter.

  • This was a serious matter, and certainly an unworthy position for Germany.

  • I have no space here, however, to write about the treatment of the women; it is such a serious matter that it would require whole chapters to deal with it adequately.

  • I had but just returned from my meeting with General Botha when a serious matter arose at Petrusburg, demanding my immediate presence there.

  • Is not a loss such as this, in so short a time as two and a half years, a serious matter?

  • It is a serious matter to send boys and girls in their middle teens away to college.

  • It is a serious matter, however, to observe how many grown men there are who look upon their work with the dread and disfavor natural to little boys.

  • Hence it is a serious matter to attempt to describe the climate of any part of the Palæozoic era.

  • If, as most geologists believe, the climate of the Mesozoic was distinctly warm, this habit of the parent of forsaking the egg was not a serious matter.

  • It is a serious matter lightly to disturb the balance of nature by the introduction of a new species.

  • She smiled more faintly at my jests, a serious matter, for I have at home, like other men, some reputation for a pretty wit upon occasion.

  • Do you think three millions are not a serious matter?

  • But really, Duke, you should not make fun of it; it is a serious matter," said the Condesa de Cebal.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "serious matter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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