Examples of solemn

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Thus, the solemn conclusion of love and immortality, the very logos of the dialogue, is "something like" and therefore only approximate.
The obligations of stateless organization, the solemn ceremonies of making peaces, perhaps worked better in 1979 than they ever did in the stateless age.
The same should happen at every solemn procession.
Both occasions spoke the language of sentiment ; both were solemn and tearful events.
The judge is in a solemn, censorious setting, officiating over important matters.
I swore then and there a solemn oath never to try to make the word snark an internationally accepted scientific term.
The key argument on oaths in this commentary is contained in his observation that solemn oaths are both profitable and needful.
Chancery was the oldest and most solemn part of the whole apparatus.
The solemn conference theme led to some poignant moments but the meeting was not without humour.
Among the grandest and most solemn ceremonies celebrated in the abbey were coronations.
Surely the war would bring it to us - would bring us all that was great and solemn and strong!
I remember dark, solemn and suspicious looks, as a travelling family was given tea in the back-garden of a house in the country.
Both pieces depict a solemn mood and an expansive lyricism.
Is it her song that charms us, or is it not rather the solemn silence that envelops that feeble little voice?
Code-specific genres are no exception in this regard; hence the vernacular joke that punctuates the otherwise solemn oration.
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