GRAVITY in a Sentence

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87 example sentences for GRAVITY, such as:

1. I could not hide from her the gravity of the situation.
2. I don't think you realize the gravity of the situation.
3. Europe's economic centre of gravity shifted northwards.
4. He doesn't think you realize the gravity of the situation.
5. But this interview was still of the utmost gravity for her.

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 Meanings and Examples of GRAVITY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gravity
 n.  seriousness; solemn and dignified feeling; natural force between two massive bodies
Classic Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
1  Elinor, while she waited in silence and immovable gravity, the conclusion of such folly, could not restrain her eyes from being fixed on him with a look that spoke all the contempt it excited.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41
2  Mr. Pip," he replied, with gravity, "Walworth is one place, and this office is another.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVI
3  There was a fine, massive gravity in his face, I did not venture to disturb.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 40. THE WANDERER
4  After the delivery of this communication, which he shot out of himself as if he were loaded with it, Mr. Dick sat down with greater gravity than usual, and looked at me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
5  He said, with exceeding gravity, 'Pardon me,' and proceeded, with a mixture of the lowest spirits and the most intense enjoyment, to the peroration of his letter.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
6  He dropped his voice as he said these words, and the gravity I so well remembered overspread his face.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 63. A VISITOR
7  "Yes, he realizes all the gravity of it," she thought, and gratefully she pressed his hand.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 22
8  But she was mistaken in thinking he realized the gravity of the fact as she, a woman, realized it.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 22
9  But this interview was still of the utmost gravity for her.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 22
10  You are at this moment just in the humor to appreciate all its gravity.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 4
11  "And, at a moment of such gravity for me, she only thinks of her being dull by herself," thought Levin.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 16
12  And this lack of candor in a matter of such gravity infuriated him.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 16
13  Levin expected something of peculiar gravity and importance from the expression of his face, but Nikolay began speaking of his health.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 17
14  In her voice, as in her eyes, there was that softness and gravity which is found in people continually concentrated on some cherished pursuit.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 3
15  And this is an abuse of great gravity in itself, and one that reacts injuriously on the government service.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 17
Example Sentence:
1  A heavy car with a low center of gravity will hug the road.
2  Arrows would continue to fly forward forever in a straight line were it not for gravity, which brings them down to earth.
3  Europe's economic centre of gravity shifted northwards.
4  I don't think you realize the gravity of the situation.
5  He doesn't think you realize the gravity of the situation.
6  I could not hide from her the gravity of the situation.
7  We could tell we were in serious trouble from the gravity of the principal's expression.
8  Does centripetal force or the force of gravity bring orbiting bodies to the earth's surface?.
9  A European satellite that mapped Earth's gravitational field in exquisite detail will be pulled down by gravity to its fiery destruction sometime in the next few days.