graveness

Example Sentences

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There’s an underlying tension in the show because it walks a line between silliness and graveness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

"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

"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

It is not a time to falter before the graveness of our responsibility and the magnitude of our undertakings.

From The Secret Witness by Gibbs, George