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Meanings of graver tone in English

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Usage of graver tone in English
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He retains one patient only, Doctor Stillwell added, in a graver tone.
The Great Impersonation
2
After some playful talk upon other matters, Mr. Lincoln, taking a graver tone, said:
The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln
3
She laughed one of her wicked laughs, and added at once in a graver tone:
Led Astray and The Sphinx / Two Novellas In One Volume
4
When the agitation was calmed down Barbicane resumed, in a graver tone, his interrupted speech.
The Moon-Voyage
5
The Colonel would smile as he said this, but would continue with a graver tone.
A Love Story
6
He stopped, and added in a graver tone, "Does Don Caesar write poetry?"
A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready
7
Friday's comments, however, reinforced the president's graver tone on the pandemic in the past few days.
Reuters
8
A sense of new duties, an awakening earnestness had given a graver tone to her character.
Phantom Fortune, a Novel
9
After various compliments, she took a graver tone.
Cat and Dog; Or, Memoirs of Puss and the Captain
10
Then, in a graver tone: You're right.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
11
I think the beetle must have shuddered at this idea, for Sylvie went on in a graver tone:
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877
12
The Abbe hesitated a moment, and when he spoke again it was in a softer and graver tone.
The Master-Christian
13
Then in a graver tone she added, "What do you think we had better do, Madge?"
Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
14
Caroline coloured, paused, and when she answered, she spoke in a lower and graver tone and manner than usual.
Tales and Novels — Volume 07 / Patronage [part 1]
15
The beauty of the wide landscape sank into both their minds, and after a little they both took a graver tone.
Gordon Keith
16
We're not quitters," and in a graver tone, he asked for the second time: "Will you come with me now-to-night ,Gabriella?
Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage
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