graveness
Example Sentences
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"His sobriety, his graveness, his hallowedness, is so foreign to our modern sensibilities — but that's the point. That is the precise point."
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022
I couldn’t help but like the graveness of Bloom’s intro.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2019
In a spot-on raspy Irish accent, MacFarlane leaned into the camera and spoke with mock graveness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2015
"And that is what I am doing right now, explaining the graveness of the situation, and the degree of casualty we would have recorded if we had not acted fast."
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2013
Maren's strongly modelled chin twitched a bit while the little flame of tenderness that flickered ever behind the graveness of her eyes leaped up.
From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Vingie E. (Vingie Eve) Roe
