gravitas

Carney’s affectionate salute to the local hero had one line that tickled the crowd — “As Uncle Buck said,” the PM intoned with tongue-in-cheek gravitas — and pointed political jabs that got people clapping.

Burton was the only Democrat who had the relationships and gravitas to derail the bill.

"He had gravitas, he had intelligence, he spoke in a very informed way about every detail of his business."

“Those speeches just have a ring to them. They have a gravitas to them, they have a wisdom to them, they have timeless sense of theme to them.”

For Japan's Osaka, another match for her to underpin her gravitas in tennis' seemingly endless-yet-entertaining grind to prove current status.