Below you will find example sentences with "taken seriously". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Taken Seriously in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: seriously
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "taken seriously" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 24.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as to be taken seriously, of being taken seriously as a, allegations, woman and life stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with seriously injured, samples taken, photo taken, too seriously, seriously ill and seriously hurt, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with taken seriously
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
He just isn't taken seriously like he was. (9 words)
After all, if you’re good, you have the right to be taken seriously. (14 words)
He is a malignant threat to democracy, and that has to be taken seriously. (14 words)
Shawna is fixated on being taken seriously as an intellectual feminist given that she dropped out of college to pursue her career based on promises from a male scene-maker who dropped her from a label for not being sexual enough. (41 words)
Regan writes about the difficulty of being taken seriously as a woman running a kitchen; her life story also illuminates the struggle of being taken seriously as a woman with a gritty past, unless that past is fully atoned for. (40 words)
If what I say deserves to be taken seriously, it’s because I’ve taken the time out of my worthless sponge life as a concerned American civilian to form a worthy opinion. (33 words)
Did you know there was space for a Real Housewife to be serious and be taken seriously? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
Regan writes about the difficulty of being taken seriously as a woman running a kitchen; her life story also illuminates the struggle of being taken seriously as a woman with a gritty past, unless that past is fully atoned for.
You could say I’m taking this too seriously, but I think a series as important to movies — and to millions of people — as deserves to be taken seriously.
If what I say deserves to be taken seriously, it’s because I’ve taken the time out of my worthless sponge life as a concerned American civilian to form a worthy opinion.
After all, if you’re good, you have the right to be taken seriously.
Another mother of one of the students, Kaycie Cannon, says with all of the school shootings as of late, this should be something that is taken seriously.
As time goes on and circumstances become more dire, this reality becomes unavoidable as it demands to be taken seriously.
As we said, things are taken seriously, and you’ll find some aspects of this visa as weird.
Bergman said she hopes the allegations are taken seriously and dealt with in an open and public way.
Did you know there was space for a Real Housewife to be serious and be taken seriously?
Governor Ortom lauded Obasanjo for demonstrating objectivity, truth and patriotism as a statesman whose views on national issues must be taken seriously.
He cited examples of doctors whose fears about risks to patient care were not taken seriously by the bosses at their hospitals.
He is a malignant threat to democracy, and that has to be taken seriously.
He just isn't taken seriously like he was.
Her father is an infamous cartographer at the New York Public Library, and she longs to be taken seriously as a cartographer in her own right.
Northamptonshire Police says all allegations of misconduct are taken seriously and its Professional Standards Department works to investigate such allegations to ensure those who fail to meet these standards are held to account.
Shawna is fixated on being taken seriously as an intellectual feminist given that she dropped out of college to pursue her career based on promises from a male scene-maker who dropped her from a label for not being sexual enough.
Some might feel that their concerns will not be taken seriously, leading them to quit quietly rather than trying to address the issue through communication.
That being said, remember protests are significant events that are to be taken seriously.
The ‘alternative psychedelic’ rock album moved 36,000 units in its first week, with the artist sharing how he wished to be “taken seriously” as a musician.
The Brontë sisters’ names and reputations would be established soon enough, but their use of male aliases was a not-uncommon safeguard in an era when female writers struggled to be taken seriously.