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Sentences starting with grave

Grave tenderness was in his tone. [9]
Grave sages, philosophers, grammarians, mathematicians, naturalists, and physicians clung to Olympius and obeyed him in silence. [10]

Sentences ending with grave

You can lengthen your days if you do not brood on fatal things --fatal to you; if you do not worry yourself into the grave. [11]
How good it would be to know where to seek for help in this life, and what to expect after it beyond the grave! [2]
This head smiles with sweet fascination, and the countenance of the goddess that rules the actions even of the immortals, should be stern and grave. [10]
Dear Ned: You will have them written, or I shall be pestered to my grave! [11]
Woe unto them who rob the innocent of happiness here and of rest beyond the grave! [10]
She knew not whither her flight might take her, but a voice within declared that it would be to an early grave. [10]
The large halls, which were filled with odors of ambergris and incense, were as still as the grave. [10]
He might as well offer a sacrifice at Conrad's grave. [8]
I would not weave one spray of falsehood in the wreath I lay upon his grave. [4]
But the man weakened and knew that he should die, and one night when the pain was sharp upon him he prayed bitterly that he might pass, or that help might come to snatch him from the grave. [11]

Short sentences using grave

You never saw my grave. [11]
How grave he looked! [10]
David's face grew instantly grave. [11]
He is in his grave. [11]
She, too, was grave. [9]
His tone was grave. [9]
Suddenly he became grave. [11]
Gaston's face went grave. [11]
Destiny dug its grave. [10]
Then she became grave again. [9]

Sentences containing grave two or more times

If delayed until we carry the corpse to the grave there must be ten; but after it is deposited in the grave there must be fifteen. [5]
There is no question that he is actually buried in the grave which is pointed out as his --there can be none--because it has never yet been proven that that grave is not the grave in which he is buried. [5]
He moves out of the house and into the grave, and his predecessor moves out of the grave and into the cellar of the chapel. [5]
At last the grave was dug, and, sprinkling its depth with leaves and soft branches of spruce, the dwarf drew the body over, and lowered it slowly, awkwardly, into the grave. [11]
She was ever called "Madame Rosalie," and she cherished the name, and gave commands that when her grave came to be made near to a certain other grave, Madame Rosalie should be carved upon the stone. [11]

More example sentences with the word grave in them

Well, I hope you won't come to an early grave like poor Charles,--or at any rate, that you may be prepared. [6]
But how grave you look, sir. [10]
I have disturbed you in grave studies no doubt; what is the book you are rolling up, fair Zoe? [10]
Should she, as you fear, be destined to an early grave, it is indeed a great consolation to know that she is so well prepared to meet it. [7]
What did not yet threaten Barine as serious danger Iras had the power to transform into grave peril. [10]
She looked happy, yet grave withal; it was the gravity of an uncommon earnestness. [11]
I said I would never endure that horror again; that I would never again look into the grave of any one dear to me. [5]
What bliss it would be if she was permitted to penetrate deeply into his soul, if it were allotted to her to make the ruler's grave eyes sparkle with radiant delight! [10]
Let the cold world do its worst; one thing I know--there's a grave somewhere for me. [5]
Threaten him seriously with my grave displeasure if he persists in leaving it speedily. [10]
She watched Lassiter with great, round, grave eyes, but showed no fear. [13]
Both ladies rose with grave dignity, conferred upon Laura a formal invitation to call, aid then retired from the conference. [5]
They adopted her, with grave and formal military ceremonies of their own invention--solemnities is the truer word; solemnities that were so profoundly solemn and earnest, that the spectacle would have been comical if it hadn't been so touching. [5]
The best and wisest has his defects, and sometimes they would seem to be very grave ones if brought up against him in the form of accusation. [6]
And they are wise: the snow comes early, and, besides, a cruel fog, cold as the grave and penetrating as remorse, comes down out of the near Tyrol. [4]
There was Lance Williams, he learned how to talk Choctaw here till one come and dug his grave for him. [5]
Latterly, the young wife had become very grave, and apparently completely severed her relations with her husband; but she also studiously avoided the Gaul and, if they talked to each other at all, it was in hurried whispers. [10]
But your brother, whom we sent to his grave as a bridegroom--he cursed us with his dying breath. [10]
It was Archibius, who with grave composure bade them follow him, and silently led them around the sanctuary to a side door, through which, a short time before, a litter had passed, accompanied by several attendants. [10]
The laughing loves who twined their rose garlands around him and Helena's predecessors had nothing to do with this grave maiden. [10]
It was Mary, who had come once more to pray by the grave of her beloved friend. [10]
The unfortunate wretch who fired the train was killed by the explosion, and lay buried hard by, his hands sticking out of the shallow grave into which he had been huddled. [6]
The previous-engagement plea, which in forty years has cost you so many tinges, you cam lay aside forever; on this side of the grave you will never need it again. [5]
The dignity with which he appeared in public was truly imperial and unapproachable, and even when he sat with his intimates in his favorite room he was grave, gloomy and taciturn. [10]
They were shocked when they heard him cap an argument upon grave affairs of state with a story about "a man out in Sangamon County,"--a story, to be sure, strikingly clinching his point, but sadly lacking in dignity. [7]
Since the time when the world was young, no white man hath been there save one, and behold sickness fell on him; the grave is his end. [11]
In fact, except when he had revealed his passion in the matter of the seizing of Venters, she had never dreamed he could be other than the grave, reproving preacher. [13]
At his side, when all was over, she would rest in the grave, and compel the world to remember with respectful sympathy the royal lovers, Antony and Cleopatra. [10]
Looking after Barry Whalen's retreating figure he saw this new, grave world opening out before him; and as the vision floated before his eyes, Barry's appeal that he should visit Jasmine at the hospital came to him. [11]
Had not Miss Wetherell heard the song wherein seniors were designated as grave and reverend? [9]
Very grave fears were for a time entertained of my recovery, but happily the malady is gone, though leaving me very, very weak. [5]
His grave eyes were dim with tears as, when taking leave, he whispered to the Lady Euryale: "All is well. [10]
But if he were destined to meet his Myrtilus and his mother in the world beyond the grave, what had he not to tell them, how sure he was of finding a joyful reception there from both! [10]
All the rest were cases of grave disease; and so far as the trial, which was interrupted about the fortieth day, extended, the patients grew worse, or received no benefit. [3]
Hand in hand we will walk hence to the grave, helping each other in all ways, living for each other, being and remaining one in heart and purpose, one in hope and aspiration, inseparable to the end. [5]
Once or twice we have found him admitting still more objectionable articles into his materia medica; in doing which, I am sorry to say that he could plead grave and learned authority. [3]
In some such way the grave warnings of Master Byles Gridley had called up a fully shaped, but hitherto unworded, train of thought in the consciousness of Myrtle Hazard. [6]
Mrs. Constable was watching him mutely, striving to read in his grave eyes the effect of her pleadings. [9]
How touching it was, here in a land of strangers, far away from home, and friends, and all who cared for me, thus to discover the grave of a blood relation. [5]
Sinner he once was, criminal never, as one can testify who knows all"--he turned to the Abbe Rossignol, who stood beside him, grave and compassionate-- "and his sins were forgiven him. [11]
The common school was well enough, but to the common nursery they had grave objections. [6]
The priest's face was very grave, if not a little resentful. [11]
But my hour was to come; the handsomest and noblest man of them all, and grave and dignified too--was Assa, the old Mohar's father, and grandfather of Pentaur--no, I should say of Paaker, the pioneer; thou hast known him. [10]
Impatient as I was to be gone, I sat me down in the coffee room, thinking every minute the man must return, and strongly apprehensive that Captain Daniel must be in some grave predicament. [9]
A grave motive was the source of the mirth by which she affected to be moved at the sight of her enemy's cloak. [10]
If this expert was quieted, and Fellowes was safely bestowed in his grave, the tragic incident would be lost quickly in the general excitement and agitation of the nation. [11]
My cousin Laura was of course deeply distressed to feel that her thoughtlessness had been the cause of so grave an accident. [6]
Yet the time was not without its undertone of anxieties, of grave perils that seemed to sanctify it and heighten its pleasures of hope. [4]
Monsieur le Colonel was grave, but this was his usual manner. [9]
The high-priest's brow was grave and thoughtful. [10]
The maiden's brow was grave and thoughtful, the lips firmly set; but she seemed to Dido to have grown, and to have gained something of her mother's mature dignity. [10]
This delightful evening was followed by a day of excitement and grave anxiety. [10]
Now the table was covered with parchments and papers, and beside Colonel Clark sat a grave gentleman of about his own age. [9]
The unexpected gift was accepted with pleasure, and when he thanked her eagerly and with simple heartiness, she interrupted him with the assurance that in Alexandria art was not yet being borne to the grave. [10]
This confidential man was a very grave and confidence-begetting person, who dealt out dubious hints and promises, and did not at all mind when Henderson found it necessary to repudiate as unauthorized anything that had been apparently said in his name. [4]
The other stranger was a New Englander of respectable appearance, with a grave, hard, honest, hay-bearded face, who had come to serve the sick and wounded on the battle-field and in its immediate neighborhood. [6]
As they stood waiting in irresolution a grave man of middle age and a disinterested manner sauntered up to the travelers, and slipped into friendly relations with them. [4]
It was a wail of sorrow, a march to the grave, a benediction, a soft sound of farewell, floating through the room and dying away into the mid-day sun. [11]
There is something very sweet and juvenile and innocent and pretty about these little tinsel vanities, these grave apings of monarchical fuss and feathers and ceremony, here on our ostentatiously democratic soil. [5]
They were all very grave, and they began to talk about the suddenness of Mr. Watling's illness and to speculate upon its nature. [9]
It is a very grave responsibility which these unknown correspondents throw upon their chosen counsellors. [6]
But you've been very good to my son; ...and if Gifted lives till you ...till you are in ...your grave, ...he will write a poem--I know he will--that will tell your goodness to babes unborn. [6]
It was a very curious fact that the first train of thoughts Mr. Bernard's small menagerie suggested to him was the grave, though somewhat worn, subject of the origin of evil. [6]
When a humorist ventures upon the grave concerns of life he must do his job better than another man or he works harm to his cause. [5]
I have been used, from an early period of my life, to hear the discussion of grave questions, both in politics and religion. [6]
But first let us try to get between this poor fellow and the grave. [10]
My mother took us once more to my father's grave in the Dreifaltigkeits cemetery, where I made many good resolutions. [10]
Its window looked upon a small plat of green, in the midst of which was a single grave marked by a plain marble slab. [6]
Then he looked up, grave again. [9]
Then he glanced up at her with a grave quizzical look as though wondering what would be the effect of his next words, and a smile played at his lips. [11]
Henrica had grown up among her father's boon companions, amid the clinking of glasses and hunting-shouts, Maria in a grave burgher household, and what they told each other seemed like tidings from a strange world. [10]
Maria had grown up amid the battle for freedom, and knew how to estimate the grave importance of the tidings her husband had received. [10]
The Indians opened up a path for them to pass through, and they came as men go to the grave. [9]
There is nothing unusual in the fellow's dress; he wears a shiny silk hat, and has one of those grave faces which would be merry if their owner were not conscious of serious business on hand. [4]
So he paused until all was quiet, then his face grew grave and assumed an impressive aspect, and at once all faces sobered in sympathy and took on a look of wondering and expectant interest. [5]
So evanescent and unstable are men's works in this world!--the late good King is but three weeks dead and three days in his grave, and already the adornments which he took such pains to select from prominent people for his noble bridge are falling. [5]
Oh, a million unnoticed influences--for good or bad: influences which work without rest during every waking moment of a man's life, from cradle to grave. [5]
She could not understand him; for, as long as she could remember, his grave looks had always brightened at anything that had brought gladness to her or to her mother. [10]
In the cemetery Ulrich threw three handfuls of earth into the open grave, then with drooping head returned home. [10]
At length she turned away, and walking thoughtfully through the churchyard, came unexpectedly upon the schoolmaster, who was sitting on a green grave in the sun, reading. [12]
Ebn Ezra Bey turned a grave face upon the audience. [11]
Now, it is true, grave duties must have summoned the statesman back to Rome, but he tarried three full months longer. [10]
Laura welcomed Mr. Trollop, a grave, carefully dressed and very respectable looking man, with a bald head, standing collar and old fashioned watch seals. [5]
Twice I have travelled to the grave where he lies. [11]
For himself, he took his station on a rugged mat before the furnace-door, and resting his chin upon his hands, watched the flame as it shone through the iron chinks, and the white ashes as they fell into their bright hot grave below. [12]
At this Melissa took courage; she turned to Serapion and modestly addressed him: "You, sir, look like a grave, kind man, and seem to have a regard for my brother. [10]
The Royal Court, too, caught on a sudden marching in their robes, turns to and joins the cortegee, and the little birds a-tweeting-tweeting, and two parsons at the grave. [11]
Well, as I told you, back here a ways a Gentile said Jane Withersteen could tell me about Milly Erne an' show me her grave! [13]
Who could have told me that I should one day have the satisfaction to look again upon this bit of wood that supported me above the grave that swallowed up my unfortunate companions! [5]
As he began to wash the blood stains from her breast and carefully rebandage the wound, he was vaguely conscious of a strange, grave happiness in the thought that she might live. [13]
I was going to visit my sister's grave. [11]
He carried it to the Prime Minister, who read it with grave satisfaction. [11]
From the cradle to the grave, during all his waking hours, the human being is under training. [5]
I shall carry to the grave the memory of the next day. [9]
Deceased was followed to the grave by the entire population of Macon. [5]
It grieves me to tell you, sir, that young as you are you have been guilty of treason against the King, and of grave offence against his Lordship's government. [9]
Then he used to take me on his knee, and try to make me understand that she was not lying in her grave, but had flown to a beautiful country beyond the sky where nothing died or ever grew old--we were very happy once! [12]
Justinus had hoped to take him home jubilant to Martina, and he had only this ruin to show her, doomed to the grave. [10]
He did everything to put himself in the way of conviction, was constant at the evening meetings, wore a grave face, refrained from play, and tried to feel anxious. [4]
She brought him to order and to keep his hours, and when grave speech availed not she could laugh at him with friendly mockery, such as hurts no man, inasmuch as it is the outcome of a good heart. [10]

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