All 25 Uses of
grave
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Mr. Riley's gravity gave way, and he shook a little under the application of his pinch of snuff before he said,— "But your lad's not stupid, is he?†
Chpt 1.3
- "There's your betters, Mr. Tulliver, as are dead and in their grave, treated me with a different sort o' respect to what you do; though I've got a husband as'll sit by and see me abused by them as 'ud never ha' had the chance if there hadn't been them in our family as married worse than they might ha' done."†
Chpt 1.7
- "Your husband isn't in the house, I suppose?" added Mr. Tulliver after a grave pause, during which four children had run out, like chickens whose mother has been suddenly in eclipse behind the hen-coop.
Chpt 1.8 *grave = serious and solemn
- "Well," said Mr. Poulter, with still deeper gravity, "you must keep it out of sight, you know."†
Chpt 2.4
- Mr. Stelling felt like a kind-hearted man; he foresaw a probable money loss for himself, but this had no appreciable share in his feeling, while he looked with grave pity at the brother and sister for whom youth and sorrow had begun together.†
Chpt 2.7
- There'll be the same grave made for us to lie down in, and we mustn't be bearing one another ill-will.†
Chpt 3.9
- And he hated the thought of her marrying poorly, as her aunt Gritty had done; that would be a thing to make him turn in his grave,—the little wench so pulled down by children and toil, as her aunt Moss was.†
Chpt 4.2
- —You'll manage to pay for a brick grave, Tom, so as your mother and me can lie together."†
Chpt 5.7
- " "For shame!" said Lucy, adjusting her little mouth gravely.†
Chpt 6.1
- "Oh, then, if I disapprove of him you can give him up, since you are not engaged," said Maggie, with playful gravity.†
Chpt 6.2
- "Oh, quite," said Maggie, with mock gravity.†
Chpt 6.2
- "No; there I can't agree with you," said Stephen, shaking his head with sarcastic gravity.†
Chpt 6.2
- "Well, those are the right views, I think," said Lucy, gravely.†
Chpt 6.2
- She looked up at him with a grave, earnest gaze and said,— "I can't make you think better of me, Tom, by anything I can say."
Chpt 6.4grave = serious and solemn
- Emily would have nothing to reproach him with there, if she came back again from her grave.†
Chpt 6.8
- She felt a childlike, instinctive relief from the sense of uneasiness in this exertion, when she saw it was Dr. Kenn's face that was looking at her; that plain, middle-aged face, with a grave, penetrating kindness in it, seeming to tell of a human being who had reached a firm, safe strand, but was looking with helpful pity toward the strugglers still tossed by the waves, had an effect on Maggie at this moment which was afterward remembered by her as if it had been a promise.
Chpt 6.9grave = serious and solemn
- And they walked unsteadily on, without feeling that they were walking; without feeling anything but that long, grave, mutual gaze which has the solemnity belonging to all deep human passion.†
Chpt 6.10
- "That book never will be closed, Philip," she said, with grave sadness; "I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.†
Chpt 6.10
- The breath of the young, unwearied day, the delicious rhythmic dip of the oars, the fragmentary song of a passing bird heard now and then, as if it were only the overflowing of brimful gladness, the sweet solitude of a twofold consciousness that was mingled into one by that grave, untiring gaze which need not be averted,—what else could there be in their minds for the first hour?†
Chpt 6.13
- Stephen's passionate words made the vision of such a life more fully present to her than it had ever been before; and the vision for the time excluded all realities,—all except the returning sun-gleams which broke out on the waters as the evening approached, and mingled with the visionary sunlight of promised happiness; all except the hand that pressed hers, and the voice that spoke to her, and the eyes that looked at her with grave, unspeakable love.†
Chpt 6.13
- "Do tell me everything," Dr. Kenn said, with quiet kindness in his grave, firm voice.†
Chpt 7.2
- There was an entire absence of effusive benevolence in his manner; there was something almost cold in the gravity of his look and voice.†
Chpt 7.2
- It was enough to make poor Mrs. Kenn turn in her grave, that they should be put under the care of this girl only a few weeks after her death.†
Chpt 7.4
- And Dorlcote churchyard—where the brick grave that held a father whom we know, was found with the stone laid prostrate upon it after the flood—had recovered all its grassy order and decent quiet.†
Chpt 7.5
- Near that brick grave there was a tomb erected, very soon after the flood, for two bodies that were found in close embrace; and it was visited at different moments by two men who both felt that their keenest joy and keenest sorrow were forever buried there.†
Chpt 7.5
Definition:
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(grave as in: Her manner was grave.) serious and/or solemnThe exact meaning of this sense of grave can depend upon its context. For example:
- "This is a grave problem," or "a situation of the utmost gravity." -- important, dangerous, or causing worry
- "She was in a grave mood upon returning from the funeral." -- sad or solemn
- "She looked me in the eye and gravely promised." -- in a sincere and serious manner