"We are absolutely serious when we say that urban education in this state must change," he said.

I'm absolutely serious about that that's what it comes to.

"They were absolutely serious about having met in a previous life."

It seemed like the forerunner of something absolutely serious, which she did not wish.

De la Santiago looked at him and saw that he was absolutely serious.

The portrait says that although his major art has a comic aspect, he is an absolutely serious artist.

"I'm absolutely serious about the shape of things to come," Ted insisted.

The colonel paused as he realized the captain was absolutely serious.

The fact that she was absolutely serious didn't stop Luke from laughing with real humor.

"We are absolutely serious about making this a terrific place to work for a variety of diverse groups," he said.