solemn
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Luther is interrupted during a solemn moment of prayer when the washing machine announces the end of its cycle by playing the melody of Schubert’s “Trout Quintet.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He is also less solemn than Angh might suggest.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Sprinkled between the solemn piano chords, his signature requinto melodies punctuate the verses and make way for the singer to ease into a more relaxed vocal tone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
But with a quarter-century of hindsight, asking the mayor to remove himself from a solemn commemoration of the greatest tragedy to ever occur in his city is unfathomable.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
I saw his solemn eye melt with sudden fire, and flicker with resistless emotion.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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