Until today, they hadn't moved in close enough to take serious readings, to find out why a dense body read hollow.

When the tenure of his term came to an end in 1952, he decided to eschew practical politics and took to serious reading.

Lots of fresh orange juice and plenty of serious reading.

Throughout her novels, serious reading is associated with intellectual and moral development.

Amid the isolation of the sea, he developed his interest in serious reading.

He planned to go through Chris's notes more thoroughly and pull out a few books of his own for some serious reading.

There seems to be a great deal of serious reading going on in New York subways these days.

Susan quickly decided that she would withhold further patient examination until after some serious reading.

He had advised a little serious reading for the morning hours.

"And yet he takes on a great deal of serious reading," Ms. Morrison said.