solemnness
Example Sentences
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His warm and approachable demeanor, mixed with his innate solemnness, made him attractive to filmmakers trying to explore darker themes and material in a subtle fashion.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024
There’s a kind of complexity and solemnness within it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2022
“They did a lot of work for us in that installation. There was a solemnness and space of reflection even in the chaos.”
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022
The wacky jubilance of the small-town parade gives way to a solemnness, captured in a lone bagpiper playing “Amazing Grace.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2019
A solemnness hung in the air after she said this, until eventually Mr Taylor said to me: 'Harry here does a lot of organizing for our local member.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
