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Meanings of sudden seriousness in English

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Usage of sudden seriousness in English
1
Ella looked at him with a sudden seriousness in her great eyes.
The Black Box
2
Then, as she dropped their hands, she faced the Captain with sudden seriousness.
On the Firing Line
3
He turned and looked at her with a sudden seriousness.
A Prince of Sinners
4
That brought a look of sudden seriousness to Ben's eyes.
The promise
5
That sudden seriousness and steady gaze; that simple, frank declaration!
A Traveller in Little Things
6
Meanwhile, let's get rid of this sudden seriousness, and dive into some good old-fashioned partying!
Bardisms
7
K. understood my jest at last, burst out laughing and then said with sudden seriousness:
The Crushed Flower, and Other Stories
8
Carmencita's eyes were big and blue in sudden seriousness.
How It Happened
9
Ash was taken aback with his sudden seriousness.
The Dreaming Place
10
Godwin corrected the impression he perhaps had made by turning with sudden seriousness to another subject.
Born in Exile
11
Then, with sudden seriousness, she picked up the doll's pancake which had fallen from her hand.
The Wrong Woman
12
He laughed, too, as only a happy lover could, then said, with sudden seriousness: Sweet soul!
Rose in Bloom / A Sequel to "Eight Cousins"
13
When the evening was over and we rose to go, he turned to me with sudden seriousness:
The Story of a Pioneer
14
I was surprised by Aloli's sudden seriousness.
The heretic queen
15
Dorothy's laughter had merged into sudden seriousness.
Jane Allen, Right Guard
16
There was a cool note in Phoebe's voice and a sudden seriousness had come into her expression.
Andrew the Glad
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Sudden seriousness through the time
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United Kingdom
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