All 12 Uses of
grave
in
The Rainbow Trail
- What was the meaning of the trader's somber gravity?†
Chpt 3
- Shefford, you're liable to get in bad out here," said the trader, gravely.†
Chpt 4
- Dark, grave, sad eyes looked down at him, and he felt as if he could never draw his own glance away.†
Chpt 5
- "Young man, are you open to faith?" he questioned gravely.†
Chpt 7 *
- But that thought, sad with memory daring forth from its grave, was irrevocably linked with a girl who was dead.†
Chpt 7
- He realized what he had become and gloried in it, yet there, looking on with grave and earnest eyes, was his old self, the man of reason, of intellect, of culture, who had been a good man despite the failure and shame of his life.†
Chpt 11
- The thing with you and me is this—we don't want to see HER grave!†
Chpt 12
- You don't want to see her grave.†
Chpt 12
- "Bi Nai," he said, with the beautiful sonorous roll in his voice, "Glen Naspa is in her grave and there are no paths to the place of her sleep.†
Chpt 14
- Glen Naspa has gone to her grave, and no sisters, no children, will make paths to the place of her sleep.†
Chpt 14
- Her beautiful, grave, and troubled glance returned to meet his, and he received a shock that he considered was amaze.†
Chpt 16
- And after more swift consideration he believed he was amazed because that look, instead of betraying fear or gloom or any haunting shadow of darkness, betrayed apprehension for him—grave, sweet, troubled love for him.†
Chpt 16
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