grave
noun
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
graveness
-
a word derived from
grave.
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
“The graveness of the visage,” The Sydney Gazette wrote in 1803, “would seem to indicate a more than ordinary portion of animal sagacity.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2020
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
He took her hand with the sympathetic, reassuring graveness which had helped her at more than one hard time in her life.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
