Gravely
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Pundits who failed to predict the operation in the first place gravely stroked their chins before intoning that the Venezuelan adventure must inevitably fail.
After the horrific accident, gravely rendered by Hawks with a chilling starkness at odds with the preferred melodramatic style of the day, Grant’s Geoff and the other men clench their jaws and carry on, knowing that one of them might be next.
“The alternative—members becoming gravely ill due to lack of medication—is far more harmful to patients and costly to the health system,” a company spokesman said.
It said the allegations had "gravely intensified" after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023.
From BBC
But the airline has attracted sharp criticism from the Airline Pilots Association of India, which said any relief granted to the airline on duty timings undermines the spirit of the new regulations and "gravely" compromises the safety of the flying public.
From BBC
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