Sentence examples for grave language from inspiring English sources

Even Perry, though he was contemptuous of any exhibition of piety, felt "upset" when he heard Willie-Jay sing "The Lord's Prayer;" the hymn's grave language sung in so credulous a spirit moved him, made him wonder a little at the justice of his contempt.

It was couched in grave language that suggested that the 206,756-man request it proposed was a matter of vital military necessity.

But in the Senate, when matters turned grave, the language of debate turned legalistic.

Calling the persistently high rate of unemployment a "grave concern," language that several experts described as unusually strong, Mr. Bernanke made clear that a recent run of tepid rather than terrible economic data had not altered the Fed's will to act, because the pace of growth remained too slow to reduce the number of people who lack jobs.

The line between musical concert and poetry reading is slowly blurring, indeed is already blurred, which means the dirt piled atop the grave of Language poetry will now, too, be urinated upon by additional passersby.

Glück's language, grave and precise, gives Persephone an elegant home in which to grow up.

"There were grave concerns about the language he'd used.

The harsh sound of the spoken language, the grave demeanours of the officers and the instant recognisability of Hitler all add to the effect.

This language about "grave or imminent danger" was submitted to the Senate at the very last minute according to a source and will neuter the bill.

Stevens always had, at the center of all that magical pyrotechnical language, some very grave and serious ideas and perceptions.

Related words are similarly used in other Uralic languages, such as kalmo ("grave") among the Mordvin and halmer ("corpse") among the Samoyed.