He and they did not seriously engage with their arguments.

"But they are clearly seriously engaged in this process," he said.

Somewhat further off, another group were seriously engaged in attending to personal needs.

I could not help smiling to see him seriously engaged in such a calculation.

For one thing, no nation was seriously engaged in raising armies.

The emotional stakes are never high enough to seriously engage the audience's interest.

Although not seriously engaged, the regiment lost several men wounded.

But the critical essays will prove of value to anyone seriously engaged by literature.

We could not just burn the place once Gokhale had been inside long enough to become seriously engaged.

You might almost have thought, from my vexation, that he had been caught by some youth who could seriously engage him.