solemn

They stood in a single row, united by solemn respect as the Liu family remained inside.

Somewhat coyly, Skidmore admits that “Richard was to break this solemn vow in spectacular style.”

The parade was solemn, with reverent music and the call-and-response singing of two choirs.

No putdowns, no jokes, no frivolity whatever—he was most solemn and his eyes focused somewhere far beyond the back of my head.

Third, he started writing Indian-style songs, all curry powder and souvenirs from the Taj Mahal, very solemn.

Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.

So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.

They were just about to celebrate tabagie, or a solemn feast, over his last farewell.

Please advise the surrender as soon as possible in order to give due and solemn publicity to the event.

The upraised hand, the potent silence, the solemn gaze of a hundred eyes was too much for the old man to bear.