All 50 Uses of
grave
in
Atlas Shrugged
- But she felt a vague apprehension which she could not define, the suggestion that there was something of grave consequence in whatever had made him say it, something dangerous to him.†
Chpt 1.4
- If this was a thought of the gravest importance, she did not know it; nothing could be grave in a universe from which the concept of pain had been wiped out; she was not there to weigh her conclusion; she was asleep, a faint smile on her face, in a silent, luminous room filled with the light of morning.†
Chpt 1.5
- If this was a thought of the gravest importance, she did not know it; nothing could be grave in a universe from which the concept of pain had been wiped out; she was not there to weigh her conclusion; she was asleep, a faint smile on her face, in a silent, luminous room filled with the light of morning.†
Chpt 1.5
- He answered quietly, gravely, "No.†
Chpt 1.5
- "I have told you the reason," he answered gravely, "but you don't want to believe it."†
Chpt 1.5
- "He should, undoubtedly, know more than anyone else about that," Francisco answered gravely.†
Chpt 1.6
- The expression of his face had not changed; it was still a look of gravely courteous respect.†
Chpt 1.6
- I don't believe he ever was a first-rate scientist-but what a priceless valet of science! I know that he has been facing a grave problem lately.
Chpt 1.7 *grave = serious and solemn
- This is how far I've risen…… So I thought …. if the memory of what had been your values still has some meaning for you, if only as amusement, or a moment's sadness, or just like …. like putting flowers on a grave …. you might want to give me the money …. in the name of that.†
Chpt 1.7
- It began as a gesture of the gravest respect, as if its purpose were to give her strength; but as he held his lips, then his face, pressed to her hand, she knew that he was seeking strength from it himself.†
Chpt 1.7
- She inclined her head and said gravely, "All right.†
Chpt 1.7
- The interview was devoted to the subject of the grave social responsibility of metallurgists, stressing the fact that metal performed so many crucial tasks where human lives depended on its quality.†
Chpt 1.8
- She turned to look at him and he saw the light of an inner smile, while her face remained solemnly grave; it was the most eloquently personal glance he had ever seen directed at himself, while she answered in a quiet, impersonal voice, "Mr.†
Chpt 1.9
- On the crest of a distant hill, a single telegraph pole stood slanted against the sky, like a cross over a vast grave.†
Chpt 1.9
- The woman looked at her for the briefest instant of a pause; it was an odd glance, inquiring and grave.†
Chpt 1.10
- The measured tone of gravity went through every syllable of her voice, like a warning.†
Chpt 1.10
- The suggestion of a smile on Mrs. Hastings' face held sadness, but the face had no imprint of tragedy, only a grave look of firmness, acceptance and quiet serenity.
Chpt 1.10grave = serious and solemn
- She did not smile, she looked gravely courteous as she answered, "It was very kind of you to come here."†
Chpt 2.1
- She saw the stillness of his face, the sudden earnestness of the eyes, a strange earnestness that seemed eager and almost pleading, then she heard his voice come gravely, as if from under the pressure of some emotion that made it sound simple and humble: "What is your problem, Miss Taggart?"†
Chpt 2.1
- Rearden said evenly, in the grave, unstrained tone of finality, "You need my help to make it look like a sale-like a safe, just, moral transaction.†
Chpt 2.1
- Francisco asked gravely.†
Chpt 2.2
- Rearden did not think that Francisco could have heard it, but he saw Francisco turning to them with a gravely courteous smile.†
Chpt 2.2
- Francisco said gravely, "I suggest that you think twice, sir."†
Chpt 2.2
- His face suddenly earnest, Francisco answered gravely, almost solemnly, "Yes-what I think is going to be my best and greatest."†
Chpt 2.2
- Francisco said gravely, as he had said to the portly man, but with an odd note of gentleness in his voice, "I suggest that you think twice, Mr. Rearden."†
Chpt 2.2
- Since then, she says, it's been as if the center of gravity were swinging wildly-like in a sinking cargo ship out of control-shifting from industry to industry, from man to man.†
Chpt 2.3
- That's true," said Rearden gravely.†
Chpt 2.4
- Do you realize the gravity of the charge against you?†
Chpt 2.4
- "I want," said Rearden gravely, "to let the nature of this procedure appear exactly for what it is.†
Chpt 2.4
- "That is the flaw in your theory, gentlemen," said Rearden gravely, "and I will not help you out of it.†
Chpt 2.4
- No. There was a pause; then his voice came slowly, changed and grave: "Better take a look at them, Dagny."†
Chpt 2.6
- Rearden had not moved to bend over the prints, but sat looking down at them with grave attentiveness, as if, from the perspective of distance, he were discovering something about them which he had not known.†
Chpt 2.6
- "Yes," said Danneskjold gravely.†
Chpt 2.7
- It was eagerness and an odd, solemn stillness, the sudden certainty that she was facing the approach of something unknown and of the gravest importance.†
Chpt 2.8
- ]" He looked startled, then smiled in amusement at himself, then answered gravely, "I'll tell you that later."†
Chpt 2.8
- His face was grave and calm; the look of happiness was gone, but the amusement of the playboy had not returned.†
Chpt 2.9
- He asked, his voice gravely gentle, "Do you think that you can still serve him-that kind of man-by running the railroad?"†
Chpt 2.9
- He said one must not try to bring people back out of the grave…… He wished me luck.†
Chpt 2.9
- His swift glance at her was like a shot of deliberate emphasis, then he answered gravely, "Yes, Miss Taggart."†
Chpt 2.10
- The two I saved are mine-as pricelessly mine as if I moved my grave two further hours away for every five I've got.†
Chpt 3.1
- She rose to her feet, but stopped: she heard his voice, its tone abruptly changed and grave, as if in answer to the shock of some sight confronting him: "What's the matter?†
Chpt 3.2
- There was a pause, then Galt asked gravely, his voice low, "Is it as bad as that-whatever it is?"†
Chpt 3.2
- It seemed to her that she caught an imperceptible shading in his gravely attentive expression: he looked as if this were a matter about which he did not choose to feel.†
Chpt 3.2
- Dagny inclined her head gravely.†
Chpt 3.3
- He was describing in over colored detail her month of convalescence in the lonely cabin of a sheepherder, then her heroic trudging down fifty miles of mountain trails for the sake of resuming her duties to the people in this grave hour of national emergency.†
Chpt 3.3
- "Of course," said Dagny gravely.†
Chpt 3.4
- He will bring light into the darkness of the world and will show us the way out of our tragic problems-a stern way, as befits the gravity of this hour, but a way of glory, as granted by the rebirth of light.†
Chpt 3.7
- You have been taught that morality is a code of behavior imposed on you by whim, the whim of a supernatural power or the whim of society, to serve God's purpose or your neighbor's welfare, to please an authority beyond the grave or else next door-but not to serve your life or pleasure.†
Chpt 3.7
- …that his body and his consciousness are two enemies engaged in deadly conflict, two antagonists of opposite natures, contradictory claims, incompatible needs, that to benefit one is to injure the other, that his soul belongs to a supernatural realm, but his body is an evil prison holding it in bondage to this earth-and that the good is to defeat his body, to undermine it by years of patient struggle, digging his way to that glorious jail-break which leads into the freedom of the grave.†
Chpt 3.7
- His reward, say the mystics of spirit, will be given to him beyond the grave.†
Chpt 3.7
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