It would have to be something damned serious for her to call him.
It's damned serious, and from the looks of it, it's going to cause an ungodly scandal.
"That looks damned serious to me," said Quantrill.
It's something that can't be explained because it involves his work, but it's damned serious and I want to find him.
He looked damned serious, but not very happy with the world at the moment.
So why make such a damned serious attempt to kill me?
You sound damned serious and I don't like it.
"What I have to tell you is damned serious."
For an officer of the law, he committed a damned serious error.
This wasn't a class, after all; this was a damned serious case.