Sentence examples for a tone of gravity from inspiring English sources

The candidates speak directly to the viewer, striking a tone of gravity and humility.

He arranged the music, added a tone of gravity to the motley guest list of movie stars, socialites and fey hangers-on, then fled to his Paris bachelor pad.

In an industry that has morphed from "And that's the way it is" to something more like "Oh no he didn't!," Mr. Anastos retains a gray formality behind the ever-sleeker anchor desks, a tone of gravity laced with warmth and aw-shucks one-liners.

"We knew that the people here run around without shoes," Dr. Dannenberg said, in a tone of deadpan gravity.

"We've got a housing issue," he went on, and then added, in a tone of mock gravity, "Not in Houston, evidently not in Dallas, because Laura's over there trying to buy a house today".

Now Marcos announced, in a tone of new gravity: I need a job.

Because the clothes designers are presenting for next spring were conceived long before last Tuesday's disaster, it's impossible to read into them a commensurate tone of gravity, or to predict if they will clash with the public's mood six months from now.

To stand at that dispatch box and find the right tone of gravity allied to sympathy with a dash of resilience cannot have been much fun.

"It was a feeling of gravity.

A tone of relief.

It carried a tone of revelation.