solemnity
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Europeans love to mock our solemnity, but our recent history speaks for itself—and so does theirs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Ali Della Bitta’s clay-and-mixed-media pieces, shown by Artist Estate Studio, are dazzling assemblages that tread the line between delicacy and solidity, playfulness and solemnity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
Unfortunately, the jokes are far outweighed by the solemnity.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 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
Her spirit was so light, so luminous, so gay, that I feared how leaden was my solemnity and silence.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
To read this novel is to wade through a great many solemnities on the order of:
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2017
In Ancient Athens, every year the opening solemnities of the Festival of Dionysus would include a parade during which the tribute won from foreign military adventures was proudly displayed.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2017
But the solemnities of the writing are balanced by some excellent performances and superior production values.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2010
Soviet Boss Khrushchev was too busy to take part personally in these solemnities.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had acted silly even at his own wedding, grinning during the solemnities, clowning when cutting the cake.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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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