solemn
Example Sentences
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Mourning ceremonies—traditionally solemn events held 40 days after someone’s death—have become occasions for Iranians to celebrate the sacrifice of their loved ones and reject the Islamic Republic.
Why, she asks, can’t their days be built around solemn consideration of the big questions and an effort to “make a contribution, however small”? With Gerry in the picture, this seems unlikely.
But when he looked around, the faces around him were as solemn as Curtis Rathbone’s.
From Literature
It’s a near-replica of a work shown at the Pompidou with the same solemn title, created to recognize those “physically maimed or mentally harmed” by doctrine and intolerance.
From Los Angeles Times
The day marks the beginning of Lent, the most solemn season of repentance in the ecclesiastical year.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
