Sentence examples for grave note from inspiring English sources

In poem after poem he concentrates on the mortality of humanity; as part of that theme there is frequent allusion to the ubi sunt (Latin: "where are") motif, asking what has happened to the great historical figures of yesteryear and pointing to their common abode in the grave: Note well!

In reviewing his The Night of the Twelfth (1976), I had praised him for introducing a grave note of that sort; what, he asked, "is a writer to do if he is not allowed to entertain?" And entertain Gilbert did, not only with some 30 novels but with many short stories, as well as four stage plays, plays for radio and plays and serials for television.

"The wolf is a good hunter," my father once told me with a grave note of respect.

In his will, Rowan specified that no marker should be placed over his grave, noting that his parents' graves had no markers, and he did not want to be honored above his parents.

On a graver note — as grave as humankind is capable of — what about "Jesus wept"?

And on a graver note, she's mourning her dad, who died last Christmas.

Other lawmakers sounded graver notes on Thursday, even as members of both parties dismissed any suggestion that a majority party might one day pursue more drastic remedies, like removing the filibuster on legislation.

A shadow hangs over traditional Christian colleges, non-profit institutions (including some large hospitals) and businesses run by those whose beliefs lead them to see gay marriage as a grave sin, notes Mr Inazu.

She cast the drive to better integrate Europe as a historical responsibility of grave import, noting that the concept of the European Union dates back to the effort to limit future bloodshed in Europe by building economic ties.

"I auditioned just for the sake of performing in a cemetery," said Ed Newman, a self-described cemetery buff from Massapequa Park (not far from John Coltrane's grave, he noted), with a salt-and-pepper beard and a Borscht Belt sense of humor, who plays a series of workingmen.

The "character and capability of this president are called into grave question," notes Watergate journalist.