as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry
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Without the energy needed to counteract the push of its own immense gravity, the star's core collapses to form a black hole.
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Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Considering the gravity of the topic of death, learning about end-of-life care can be more accessible behind a screen, in the comfort of one's own home.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Shares slipped in after-hours trading, however, and some market pros predicted that the stock would succumb to gravity soon enough.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
The documentary revisits these numbers with visual evidence and survivor accounts, giving fresh gravity to statistics that once stunned the nation.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
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Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Considering the gravity of the topic of death, learning about end-of-life care can be more accessible behind a screen, in the comfort of one's own home.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Shares slipped in after-hours trading, however, and some market pros predicted that the stock would succumb to gravity soon enough.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
The documentary revisits these numbers with visual evidence and survivor accounts, giving fresh gravity to statistics that once stunned the nation.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gravity
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“Gravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravity. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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