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

For youth no less becomes The light and careless livery that it wears, Than settled age his sables, and his weeds, Importing health and graveness.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various