solemnity

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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

Unfortunately, the jokes are far outweighed by the solemnity.

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2025

Not different in how it was done or the solemnity of the moment as MPs fell quiet and listened respectfully.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

Some were passed along by longtime Angelenos with the solemnity of handing down a family heirloom.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024

All solemnity, therefore, was silent, the peals muffled; and bodies went unheralded to their final rest; and we shoveled dirt atop the dead and watched their wooden vessels sink beneath the earth without a cry.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson