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
Rob Pelinka, his salt-and-pepper stubble conferring an additional shade of graveness, wore it Monday as he talked about the first big decision of the Lakers’ offseason — the firing of coach Frank Vogel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 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
She saw he was not smiling and his graveness gave her a sense of power.
From Lister's Great Adventure by Harold Bindloss
