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gravitas
Example Sentences
It was better, I’m sure, than I concluded that day, but the work relied too heavily, I recall thinking, on borrowed gravitas.
His gravitas would presumably bore viewers to the truth, as he understood it.
What is so appealing about a filter like this is that it allows art lovers to get up close and personal with the artwork, while preserving the gravitas of the work itself.
Kline picked a British-sounding name to add a dash of gravitas.
Nigeria has a long history of not treating allegations of sexual and gender-based violence with the gravitas they merit.
Larson, as usual, instills gravitas and agency in an otherwise underwritten character.
Nobody believes in the dignity and gravitas of American government.
Violation of gravitas is being taken ‘extremely seriously’ by army top brass, source says.
All the moralizing and gravitas that accompanies a star player being arrested should be viewed as a form of Kabuki theater.
Later in a statement, Moonves praised Letterman for “wit, gravitas, and brilliance unique in the history of our medium.”
The Roman's word in art, as in life, was still gravitas, and he contrived to infuse a shade of contempt into the word levis.
Erat enim in illo viro comitate condita gravitas, nec senectus mores mutaverat.
Si vero inest in oratione mixta modestia gravitas, nihil admirabilius fieri potest, eoque magis, si ea sunt in adulescente.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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