It's difficult to talk to you in a serious vein.

Nomo continued to address the issue, but in a more serious vein.

"Okay, let's not fool each other," he continued in a more serious vein.

In a more serious vein, Hartley said he had been trying to give ice time to some players who rarely get it.

I should like to be able to record that I took what followed in a serious vein.

It was interrupted by the captain, in a more serious vein.

The film continues in a largely more serious vein, showing how the weapon is to be used and cleaned.

So i tried writing the verses in a serious vein.

Others were willing to sing his praises in a much more serious vein.

And in a more serious vein he told us of the Israeli soldiers who patrol the desert.