solemn
Example Sentences
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The fact that it was a parlor game, not pointillism, that inspired the lyric is proof of Sondheim’s credo that “playful doesn’t mean trivial any more than solemn means serious.”
Crake is all smiles when discussing England camp, but turns more solemn when Wasps is mentioned - a club she has been at since she was 19 and where she has earned 134 caps.
From BBC
The U.S. should “refrain from arranging Tsai Ing-wen’s transit visits and even contact with American officials, and take concrete actions to fulfill its solemn commitment not to support Taiwan independence,” she said.
From Seattle Times
Netanyahu’s solemn vow was that the Jewish state would never allow a regime promoting Holocaust denial and that was committed to Israel’s destruction to acquire nuclear weapons.
From Los Angeles Times
Some cry, others look solemn as they assume a reverent stance.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
