Sentence examples similar to a grave countenance from inspiring English sources

He replaced it with: "And indeed the worst of my faults was a certain impatient gaiety of disposition… hard to reconcile with my imperious desire to carry my head high, and wear a more than commonly grave countenance before the public".

The king's grave countenance at this celebratory feast and the sardonic emphasis he brings to his reference to the "three crabbed months" required to win the love of his queen, Hermione (Kelly Hunter), suggest that seeds of mistrust have been planted in his heart long before now.

Perched low, impassive, silent, and seemingly unmoved, it feigns obscurity and anonymity, but the upward avian thrust, grave countenance, and ghastly glare label it prophet of doom.

Manny Machado signing gives San Diego Padres a serious countenance….

The other day, in the name of preserving the writ's dignity, the Court countenanced a grave injustice.

That's not a grave".

This is a grave error.

This is a grave matter".

A grave crime called for grave punishment..

Not a grave.

A grave was dug.