All 20 Uses of
grave
in
The Da Vinci Code
- I believe you and I are in grave danger.†
Chpt 15-16
- My grandfather called me this afternoon and told me he and I were in grave danger.†
Chpt 15-16
- Now her grandfather was dead, and he was talking to her from the grave.†
Chpt 23-24
- Not a fan of the current papal administration, Aringarosa, like most conservative clergy, had watched with grave concern as the new Pope settled into his first year in office.†
Chpt 33-34
- My grandfather called me tonight and told me he and I were in grave danger.†
Chpt 43-44
- Accompanying the gravity of being a hunted man, Langdon was starting to feel the ponderous weight of responsibility, the prospect that he and Sophie might actually be holding an encrypted set of directions to one of the most enduring mysteries of all time.†
Chpt 51-52
- And finally, I must make the most grave of inquiries.†
Chpt 51-52
- Well, a headstone is obviously a grave marker of some sort.†
Chpt 71-72
- Not a grave marker.†
Chpt 75-76
- Though the British police did not generally carry weapons, the gravity of the situation had brought out an armed response team.†
Chpt 81-82
- He disobeyed my orders and made a grave mistake that has put our entire mission at risk.
Chpt 91-92 *grave = serious and solemn
- And your identity shall go with me to the grave.†
Chpt 93-94
- The Gravity of Genius: Biography of a Modern Knight.†
Chpt 95-96
- Gravity of Genius?†
Chpt 95-96
- Tourists doing grave rubbings.†
Chpt 97-98
- He slipped the cryptex back in his pocket and watched warily as the visitors went to a nearby table, left a donation in the cup, and restocked on the complimentary grave-rubbing supplies set out by the abbey.†
Chpt 97-98
- A careless tourist had left a charcoal, grave-rubbing pencil on the sarcophagus lid near Newton's foot.†
Chpt 97-98
- Teabing's heart turned grave, then resolute.†
Chpt 99-100
- Deep and grave.†
Chpt 99-100
- "Your grandfather and I," Marie had explained in a voice choked with pain, "had to make a grave decision the instant we received the phone call."
Chpt 105grave = serious and solemn
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