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

Maren's strongly modelled chin twitched a bit while the little flame of tenderness that flickered ever behind the graveness of her eyes leaped up.

From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)