And because he always prevails, his adventures lack not just gravity but also suspense.

This is why "Thumbsucker," frequently comic, lacks comic gravity.

Rather, he has sometimes been suspected of having too much of both, and of lacking gravity or soul.

If the work has a lightness and a quiet slapstick humor, it lacks gravity.

And like the Dead, 311 weakens most of what it borrows from black music: its rapping is anemic; its reggae lacks gravity.

Small planets like Mars suffered the greatest indignity; they lacked adequate gravity to slow the rapid escape of their original dense atmospheres.

But in the end he lacked the requisite power and gravity.

If the Choraii ships lack gravity, the captives could have no bones left, just soft cartilage that would bend under the weight of their bodies.

For a fraction of a second the massive star lacked gravity.

That's not to say that his music lacked gravity or focus.