- comparative of grave.
graver
Americannoun
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any of various tools for chasing, engraving, etc., as a burin.
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an engraver.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of graver
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at grave 3, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said on Friday she was "sickened" by the case, adding: "The crime could hardly be graver, yet the punishment was no punishment at all."
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
So far, the war in Iran has put them in even graver danger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Before I was ever a graver myself, one of my now-comrades in Texas wrote a memorial to a man on Find a Grave.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
Surely the threats posed to Tabassum can’t be graver than those facing a president of the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
Knightley immediately got up, and in a manner decidedly graver than usual, said,
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
According to other gravers I spoke to, these kinds of situations are rare—but not entirely surprising.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
There are, in my view, three categories of gravers: First, there are the mercenaries who, like me, fulfill specific photo requests for users.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
Like many other gravers, I’ve come to understand personally the compulsion behind it—and all a simple discovery can do to a person still among the living.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
That’s because some gravers create memorials for the dead as soon as they find the obituary in their local paper.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
Drills and gravers of copper have also been found, with chisel-shaped edges or sharp points.
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius
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