solemnity

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

All this helps relieve the museum’s windowless solemnity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024

He nodded with solemnity and repeated the two key words.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson