Examples of gravitas in a Sentence

The new leader has an air of gravitas that commands respect. a comic actress who lacks the gravitas for dramatic roles The new leader has a certain gravitas.

Recent Examples on the Web The fusion of real life and performance creates an uncanny emotional resonance; the actors’ biographies lend their scenes gravitas. — The New Yorker, 15 June 2022 In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a quintessential character actor, a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble gravitas. — Jake Coyle, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022 In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a quintessential character actor, a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble gravitas. — CBS News, 13 June 2022 Jake Paul emerged from his dressing room, and the collection of friends and media members nearby suddenly hushed; a fighter preparing for battle, even this fighter, has a certain gravitas. — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021 Foremost among these is John Eastman, the constitutional law scholar who acknowledged that his arguments would not draw a single vote from the Supreme Court, but insisted upon giving a fig leaf of lawyerly gravitas to Trump’s nonsense. — The Editors, National Review, 20 June 2022 That’s when the otherwise wild-and-wacky, up-for-anything TV personality displays the kind of gravitas needed for weather that’s become a matter of life and death. — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2022 Aikman, meanwhile, is a pillar of NFL professionalism; A three-time Super Bowl winner and Hall of Famer who gives ESPN’s unsteady football package an immediate dose of gravitas. — Jason Gay, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022 Equipped with a lot more gravitas, this new generation of creators is working to create a more positive internet culture. — Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 See More

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