How to Use gravitas in a Sentence

gravitas

noun
  • The new leader has a certain gravitas.
  • The new leader has an air of gravitas that commands respect.
  • Would have been nice to have given the whole series that kind of gravitas.
    — Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 June 2018
  • Priyanka knows how to have fun, but there’s also a gravitas to her.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 June 2018
  • Weaponize your fears and project gravitas in your manner of being.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The office, with its chocolate wood and leather pulls, has a polished gravitas.
    — Fred Nicolaus, ELLE Decor, 12 Feb. 2018
  • This one seemed in search of a gravitas that remained undiscovered.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Again, these things take only a few extra minutes and have a huge effect on your gravitas.
    — Jon Michail, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • His formal dress gave him gravitas in an era of growing turmoil on campus.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2021
  • But somehow that one capital letter gives the area more gravitas; more weight.
    — Kathrine Nero, The Enquirer, 2 July 2021
  • With the Mother Trees gone, a forest would lose its gravitas.
    — Suzanne Simard, Wired, 7 May 2021
  • Such awards have the gravitas to define what—and who—makes architecture great.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 21 May 2018
  • Mixing in pieces like an antique chest in the dining room or bench in the bedroom give the home a certain gravitas.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 22 Mar. 2019
  • His range was wide, but Hall, who had a natural gravitas, often played men in suits, trench coats and lab coats.
    — Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2022
  • But in Taylor’s case, the phrase was crucial to lending his column and book gravitas.
    — Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Unlike many of the stars today, who don’t have the gravitas that Cher commanded.
    — Vincent Boucher, Billboard, 23 May 2017
  • Only an actor with the gravitas of Delgado could make this work.
    — Marcus Crowder, SFChronicle.com, 18 June 2018
  • Coogler builds a thrilling, exciting world, and threads throughout it a story filled with pathos and real-world gravitas.
    — Katie Walsh, idahostatesman, 16 Feb. 2018
  • The rabbit array may seem to tilt to kitsch, but the vast stockpile harbors insight and imparts a quirky sort of gravitas.
    — R. Daniel Foster, latimes.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The work links classicism with modernity and silently lords over the dining room with grace and gravitas.
    — Michele Parente, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2019
  • And then Angela Bassett has the most gravitas and power and is just so amazing to watch.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 July 2021
  • The palate has weight and gravitas, delivering red and blue fruit and hints of sweet baking spices with lovely tension in the mouth.
    — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Stallone provides just the right amount of world-weary gravitas and deadpan humor to put over the hokey material.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Many a movie star has sojourned upon the stage for a time, accepting pay cuts in the name of an image change and an infusion of gravitas.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Măcelaru and the orchestra brought grace and gravitas to the first movement, along with plenty of expressive room.
    — Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Emmanuel Lubezki lends prestige and gravitas to the comic farce, while the film excels above all as an acting treat.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The ego is all there in the informality of the title, which gives off the weird gravitas of an epiphany scribbled in the Notes app.
    — The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Sean Connery – who died Saturday at age 90 - had a gravitas on screen.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The man should wear a button-down shirt that conveys the same gravitas as the Lincoln Memorial.
    — Grace Henes, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Other than that, there’s no need for the selections to have anything in common – not the era they were made in, or their genre, or their level of gravitas.
    — al, 28 July 2022

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