gravitas

Example Sentences

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Occasionally, a long-lost sense of gravity will emerge for a sweeping moment of gravitas.

From Salon

Sapp’s Mallory is vibrant, charming and suitably quirky, though a few more notes of reserve and gravitas might have helped emphasize that he and Butler are kindred souls — a key theme.

From Washington Post

Grant’s commitment to his dastardly rogue barely goes beyond his cravat — he’d rather guffaw than feign gravitas.

From New York Times

But while the Yale drama school product was known for playing steely authority figures in prestige productions, he also possessed a less-celebrated talent: converting his trademark gravitas into off-the-wall comedy.

From Washington Post

That is to say, the zombie arrived in the States mostly absent of the cultural resonance and spiritual gravitas it had, and has, for Haitians in Haiti.

From Salon