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
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
By descent he springs immediately from the common people of his native province to whose life he has so often given the graveness of tragedy and the permanence of literature.
From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Gerhart Hauptmann
