gravely
Example Sentences
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Another avenue Pratt put forward in an interview posted on YouTube is using the expanded definition of gravely disabled in a law championed and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Families prepare themselves for the worst when an elderly relative is gravely ill, but that doesn't make the loss any easier when it comes.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Certainly, Iran emerges from this war gravely wounded, but far from extinguished as a regional power.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2026
After further review, as officials would gravely say today, he reversed his call.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Suddenly I held out my hand and we shook, he gravely, from the pompous height of his municipal and military dream.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Vocabulary lists containing gravely
The Battle of the Labyrinth
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"Little Red Riding Hood" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
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"The Midnight Children" by Dan Gemeinhart, Chapters 1–6
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