All 20 Uses of
grave
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Sweet Far Thing
- The river swallowed her up, accepting her flesh, taking her final warning down with her to a murky grave.†
Chpt 1
- Without ado, Cecily Temple, She Who Can Do No Wrong, settles to the floor in a long, slow, graceful arc that seems to defy gravity.†
Chpt 1
- Mr. Miller makes the grave error of smiling at Mrs. Nightwing in a charming way.
Chpt 1 *grave = serious and solemn
- Lost forever in that magical well turned watery grave.†
Chpt 1
- Laughing, I lift my hands from the handlebars, tempting fate and gravity.†
Chpt 1
- Jugglers thrill children with gravity-defying acts.†
Chpt 2
- I put my hand on a tree's trunk and swing myself around it slowly, letting my body feel gravity's pull.†
Chpt 2
- I see the girls moving so very slowly, their hair ribbons defying gravity as they turn their heads by infinitesimal degrees.†
Chpt 4
- Kartik nods gravely.†
Chpt 4
- "I shall have a word with Mr. Miller," Inspector Kent says gravely.†
Chpt 4
- The jutting headstones welcome me, for I am suitably grave.†
Chpt 4
- He sits on a grave whose markings are nearly gone with time and nods toward the maids beating carpets in a fury.†
Chpt 4
- When we reach Eugenia Spence's grave, she gives me a hard shove, and I fall, watching in horror as the ground closes over me.†
Chpt 4
- I scrabble at the sides of the grave with my fingernails, crying, desperate.†
Chpt 4
- The grave collapses, and I cover my eyes as the dirt rains down on me.†
Chpt 4
- Eugenia Spence's grave is whole.†
Chpt 4
- If I hadn't kicked my way out of that grave… Or was I even there?†
Chpt 4
- Just ahead, mounds of earth sit on either side of an open grave.†
Chpt 4
- I land hard against the wet earth just as Freya screams and tumbles into the open grave.†
Chpt 4
- The Spence Academy for Young Ladies has obviously been a grave mistake.
Chpt 4grave = 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