All 41 Uses of
grave
in
Gone with the Wind
- Abel was a shrewd, grave giant, illiterate, kind of heart, older than the other boys and with as good or better manners in the presence of ladies.†
Chpt 1.1
- He bore the honor gravely and with no untoward conceit, as though it were only his due.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- "Never mix cards and whisky unless you were weaned on Irish poteen," Gerald told Pork gravely the same evening, as Pork assisted him to bed.†
Chpt 1.3
- She was a widow and her heart was in the grave.†
Chpt 1.7
- At least, everyone thought it was in the grave and expected her to act accordingly.†
Chpt 1.7
- She had to be grave and aloof.†
Chpt 1.7
- When Dr. Fontaine told Ellen gravely that heartbreak frequently led to a decline and women pined away into the grave, Ellen went white, for that fear was what she had carried in her heart.†
Chpt 1.7
- When Dr. Fontaine told Ellen gravely that heartbreak frequently led to a decline and women pined away into the grave, Ellen went white, for that fear was what she had carried in her heart.†
Chpt 1.7
- So, from the cradle to the grave, women strove to make men pleased with themselves, and the satisfied men repaid lavishly with gallantry and adoration.†
Chpt 2.8
- How unfair that everyone should think her heart was in the grave when it wasn't at all!†
Chpt 2.8
- She tried not to smile and wave too enthusiastically to the men she knew best, the ones she'd nursed in the hospital, but it was hard to subdue her dimples, hard to look as though her heart were in the grave—when it wasn't.†
Chpt 2.9
- She must go on making a pretense of enthusiasm and pride in the Cause which she could not feel, acting out her part of the widow of a Confederate officer who bears her grief bravely, whose heart is in the grave, who feels that her husband's death meant nothing if it aided the Cause to triumph.†
Chpt 2.9
- He picked up her black fan from the counter and began fanning her solicitously, too solicitously, his face grave but his eyes still dancing.†
Chpt 2.9
- "I quite understand," he said with elaborate gravity, but as he turned and gave Melanie a searching look that went to the bottom of her sweet worried eyes, his expression changed, reluctant respect and gentleness coming over his dark face.†
Chpt 2.9
- Having to pretend that her heart was in the grave when it wasn't.†
Chpt 2.13
- That's love," said the Fontaines, nodding gravely at each other.†
Chpt 2.15
- Wearing still on his pale, sweet face— Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave— The lingering light of his boyhood's grace.†
Chpt 3.17
- I realize you still cherish the memory of the godlike and woodenheaded Mr. Wilkes, who's probably been in his grave these six months.†
Chpt 3.19
- She passed the clump of cedars and the low brick wall which marked the family burying ground, trying not to think of the new grave lying by the three short mounds of her little brothers.†
Chpt 3.25
- The uprights which held the thick vines were rotten and that night Scarlett hacked at them with the kitchen knife until they fell and the tangled mass ran wild over the grave.†
Chpt 3.26
- No ghost rose from that shallow grave to haunt her in the long nights when she lay awake, too tired to sleep.†
Chpt 3.26
- They buried the cadet in the family burying ground, next to the three little O'Hara boys, and Melanie cried sharply as Pork filled in the grave, wondering in her heart if strangers were doing this same thing to the tall body of Ashley.†
Chpt 3.30
- He was gravely deferential to the vague Gerald but it was to Scarlett that he turned as the real head of the house.†
Chpt 3.30
- And don't go telling me Mother is turning in her grave to hear me say it, either.†
Chpt 4.33
- Your poor mother must be turning in her grave at the very thought of charging money for the hospitality of Tara!†
Chpt 4.33
- One time, I seen her point to your ma's grave and the old gentleman begun to cry.†
Chpt 4.39
- She took him out of the office and rode him up and down the road and talked to him about your ma cryin' out of her grave at him for lettin' her children suffer when he could provide for them.†
Chpt 4.39
- Pork had dug the grave the night before, close by Ellen's grave, and he stood, spade in hand, behind the moist red clay he was soon to shovel back in place.†
Chpt 4.40
- Pork had dug the grave the night before, close by Ellen's grave, and he stood, spade in hand, behind the moist red clay he was soon to shovel back in place.†
Chpt 4.40
- Finally the pallbearers set the coffin down near the grave and stood clenching and unclenching their aching fingers.†
Chpt 4.40
- Upsetting her so much and in her condition and Mr. O'Hara hardly in his grave!†
Chpt 4.41
- I want to say—I mean, I've thought for a long time that—that not only should we pull up the weeds but we should plant flowers on— I—I don't care what you think but every time I go to take flowers to dear Charlie's grave, I always put some on the grave of an unknown Yankee which is near by.†
Chpt 4.41
- I want to say—I mean, I've thought for a long time that—that not only should we pull up the weeds but we should plant flowers on— I—I don't care what you think but every time I go to take flowers to dear Charlie's grave, I always put some on the grave of an unknown Yankee which is near by.†
Chpt 4.41
- If Charlie were dead in the North it would comfort me to know that someone— And I don't care what you ladies think of me," her voice broke again, "I will withdraw from both clubs and I'll—I'll pull up every weed off every Yankee's grave I can find and I'll plant flowers, too—and—I just dare anyone to stop me!"†
Chpt 4.41
- I hope he's turning in his grave at the knowledge that Mother and Rosemary are comfortable now, in spite of his efforts…… In a way, I'm sorry he's dead because he wanted to die—was so glad to die.†
Chpt 4.43
- "Yes, you are," said Scarlett, but a shiver went over her, like a goose walking across her grave.†
Chpt 4.44
- Rhett could be grave of manner and charming when he chose to restrain his tongue and keep his black eyes from dancing maliciously.†
Chpt 5.52
- It had been years since he had chosen to do this but he did it now, putting on gravity and charm, even as he put on waistcoats of more sober hues.†
Chpt 5.52
- Quite handsome, too, we thought, and so very grave and courteous.†
Chpt 5.56
- She knew very well the joy he took in palming himself off on the old ladies as grave, courteous and charming, the devoted husband and father.†
Chpt 5.56
- At her words, his grip tightened and he began speaking rapidly, hoarsely, babbling as though to a grave which would never give up its secrets, babbling the truth for the first time in his life, baring himself mercilessly to Melanie who was at first, utterly uncomprehending, utterly maternal.†
Chpt 5.56
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