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
"Only everybody will differ as to the occasions," put in the clergyman, the humor in the corners of his eyes counterbalanced by the graveness of the lines about his mouth.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various
