solemnity
Example Sentences
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Now, we go on remembering vicariously, performing rituals of solemnity and sorrow to honour those who died, but the meaning of those rituals have changed over the years.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
The early scenes have a certain ponderous solemnity as two hunter-warrior-predator brothers from the Yautja race fight for honor with weapons that combine the clank of all things medieval with modern pizzazz.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
It’s evidence of an unorthodox communication disposition developing within the party, away from the solemnity that has defined its reputation throughout the failure of the past decade.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2025
Some were passed along by longtime Angelenos with the solemnity of handing down a family heirloom.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024
There had been the solemnity of the pre-game ritual, when all the players lay on the floor as if they were soldiers in the hull of a ship.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Vocabulary lists containing solemnity
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Purple Hibiscus
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"Rules of the Game" (from The Joy Luck Club) by Amy Tan
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