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

I speak these words with such solemnness, I know Toño will keep still.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads