solemnity
Example Sentences
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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
"There was a calmness, a bit of solemnity," he continued, adding that everyone he spoke to when in it was "peaceful and just wanting to do this well".
From BBC • May 10, 2025
Despite its respectful restraint, “Eric LaRue” can be smothering in its solemnity, leaving Janice feeling one-note rather than a woman lost in her tangle of emotions.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
There was something else, the solemnity of the scene, the complete silence, the absorption.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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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