Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises.
Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions.
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Examples for "grave "
Examples for "grave "
1 Introduction: Adverse events in hospitals constitute a serious problem with grave consequences.
2 The captain looked grave ; Mrs. Willoughby anxious; Beulah interested; and Maud thoughtful.
3 One was in grave condition, the state government said in a statement.
4 They laid it in the grave in the stillness of the night.
5 If passed, it could have grave consequences for victims of serious accidents.
1 We, the public need accurate sober economic analysis and information, not speculation.
2 Not long ago, however, he contacted S., who was now sober again.
3 But he seems impressively sober about the problems facing the new Russia.
4 No trifling in the matter at all; I am in sober earnest.
5 Many historians have recorded the sober truth, which, unfortunately, seems often Mars-dry.
1 That did not mean, however, that the election was a sedate affair.
2 It is normally used by doctors to sedate patients for minor procedures.
3 They attracted universal attention from the old sedate down to the schoolboy.
4 All day, the anophelii came and went, their sedate , monkish manner shaken.
5 He wanted to shout at his friends, tell them to sedate him.
1 However, Mr Ahern's words merely looked and sounded like a solemn commitment.
2 Benita shuddered; the solemn awfulness of the place and scene oppressed her.
3 There was something solemn in the manner in which he stood upright.
4 Prince Djiddin was wrapped in the veil of a solemn personal seclusion.
5 And the University of Paris in solemn conclave ratified the above judgment.
6 The boy looked at the solemn face of the prisoner and chaffed:
7 She was grave, and cold, and solemn ; Despard was gloomy and stern.
8 Only the solemn moonlight, only the motionless little figure in the arm-chair.
9 A great and solemn trust is being placed in the Irish people.
10 He did not want a solemn gathering; he wanted a carnival-like atmosphere.
11 Harmoniously blend their sounds; In solemn unison they give forth their notes.
12 And in this solemn hour he should have his day in court.
13 The moon was shining now in solemn glory on the white-shrouded Square.
14 Now the owl down in the country is such a solemn creature.
15 Every motion was in the most solemn way throughout the whole performance.
16 Kvothe stared at his student for a long moment, his expression solemn .
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