Below you will find example sentences with "too seriously". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Too 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: 22 words

Words in this phrase

too seriously

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • too can mean: Likewise. Common word
  • seriously can mean: In a serious or literal manner. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a bit too seriously she d 1× a little too seriously 1× a little too seriously and hang 1× being taken too seriously 1× her quest too seriously given that 1× never took too seriously his work 1× not ourselves too seriously 1× sports way too seriously 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

annabel croft has 1× any time jill 1× armed with a 1× but it feels 1× comments on his 1× for someone like 1×

Common sentence endings:

about it too 1× at things optimistically 1× be taken seriously 1× course too seriously 1× detachment is key 1× her mouth off 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

take 12× life 5× taking 5× took 3× people 3× taken 3× little 3× way 3× himself 2× ourselves 2× jokes 2× important 2×

Related phrases

seriously injured far too too little too big too long too early too expensive little too too far seriously wounded

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around seriously:

taken seriously 9× seriously ill 8× seriously hurt 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

too pic too old too narrow too long too little too late

Just after it in the phrase index:

too slow too soon too tired too weak took advantage took aim

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

too little too big too long too early too expensive too far

Same ending:

taken seriously

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "too seriously" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a bit too seriously she d, a little too seriously, take, life and taking stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with seriously injured, far too, too little, taken seriously, seriously ill and seriously hurt, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with too seriously

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Grown people take sports way too seriously. (7 words)

He just doesn't take himself too seriously. (8 words)

But it feels made in anticipation of being taken too seriously. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

Any time Jill thought her brother was taking life a bit too seriously she'd tell him to keep his hat on, and he'd bite back warning her against shooting her mouth off. (34 words)

Fun and full of jokes, doesn’t take itself too seriously, leaning into the silly premise of a teenager giving Sex Ed advice to other teens and hitting it out of the park. (33 words)

He reminded the gathered mourners that while Bogart's life had ended far too soon, it had been a rich one: Himself, he never took too seriously—his work most seriously. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

He reminded the gathered mourners that while Bogart's life had ended far too soon, it had been a rich one: Himself, he never took too seriously—his work most seriously.

We take the business very seriously but we don’t take ourselves too seriously, so we can always crack jokes about each other and laugh about it.

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.

It’s important to take the issues seriously, but not ourselves too seriously.

They helped me not to take myself too seriously, but always try to take the enterprise seriously.

But we can relate to that moment after initial career success where you start to take everything a little too seriously and hang on to everything a little too tightly.

He said people often took life too seriously on social media, adding that he was guilty of this too.

Armed with a pen and the inability to take anything too seriously, Evelyn loves to enjoy life to the fullest and write about it, too.

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For someone like Trump whose feelings have been taken way too seriously for way too long, ironic detachment is key.

Some tips I like to live by are to not take things too personally, not take myself too seriously, and to look at things optimistically.

Comments on his evaluations accused him of grading too harshly and taking the course too seriously.

Taking life too seriously and saying 'no' too often are feature in the top 40 - with health concerns such as smoking, drinking and not exercising also making the list.

Annabel Croft has said her late husband was a “huge fan” of Strictly Come Dancing but she will not be taking herself “too seriously” on the dancefloor.

Any time Jill thought her brother was taking life a bit too seriously she'd tell him to keep his hat on, and he'd bite back warning her against shooting her mouth off.

But it feels made in anticipation of being taken too seriously.

Fun and full of jokes, doesn’t take itself too seriously, leaning into the silly premise of a teenager giving Sex Ed advice to other teens and hitting it out of the park.

Grown people take sports way too seriously.

He just doesn't take himself too seriously.

In a now-viral clip on TikTok, one woman takes Swift’s stage performance a little too seriously.

I never really took her quest too seriously given that all the items she tried on seemed indistinguishable to me.

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