Grave
Both words in one sentence
- King Robert: I'm not trying to honour you, I'm trying to get you to run my kingdom while I eat, drink, and whore my way to an early grave!
Source: Only Sane Employee - Often the character who gets it will take it to mean that the dead person is somehow still alive, or is trying to contact them from beyond the grave.
Source: Phone Call from the Dead -
At my age, the grave is trying to find ME!
Source: Website / Find A Grave
Cite this Source
Trying and Grave. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grave/trying
Grave & Trying. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/grave/trying>.
Trying or Grave. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/grave/trying.
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