Examples of “seriousness” in a Sentence

noun The quality of being serious, grave, or important.

• The seriousness of the situation finally sank in.
• The doctor explained the seriousness of the illness in a calm, gentle voice.
• Nobody laughed because they all understood the seriousness of the mistake.
• Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment. — Scott Tobias, The Dark Knight Rises (2012)