solemnity

Example Sentences

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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

It’s evidence of an unorthodox communication disposition developing within the party, away from the solemnity that has defined its reputation throughout the failure of the past decade.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 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

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