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Meanings of serious people in English

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Usage of serious people in English
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To remember that when serious people ask you questions, you should answer.
11/22/63
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With regularity, serious people ask: Has visual art gone off the rails?
The Irish Times
3
This place does a lot of serious business with some serious people.
Depraved
4
Now look at us, shut up here with old and serious people.
Dora Thorne
5
Kataria says that businesses believe that serious people are more responsible.
A whole new mind: why right-brainers will rule the future
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Very dour, serious people except at this time of the year.
Whispers Under Ground
7
It's the undue amount of importance that very serious people put on Twitter.
The Guardian
8
These are serious people, Henderson told a conference call with reporters.
Reuters
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Very serious people would argue about whether the program had worked.
The Churn
10
The serious people, politicians, whist-players, and tea-drinkers, are in the parlor.
Petty Troubles of Married Life, First Part
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There was a limit even to scientific controversy, said serious people.
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
12
I've been forced to take on some really serious people, to see this through.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
13
The rest were more or less polite, steady, serious people.
Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life
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She tried to imagine these serious people shaving the giant moths with great ceremony.
Empire in black and gold
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Indeed, among serious people, the chief objection to nukes is their rather hefty upfront cost.
Wired
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We are serious people, and if there is an offer we will think about it.
The Guardian
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Serious people through the time
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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