How to Use solemnity in a Sentence

solemnity

noun

• Her voice conveyed the solemnity of the passage.
• The visiting statesman was welcomed with appropriate solemnity.
• Elaborate solemnities marked the 100th anniversary of the event.
• The solemnity of the mentions of Perry in the premiere is forced schmaltz or even worse.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2019
• Once the excitement of the funeral was over, the girls took in the solemnity of their loss.
  — Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
• This new solemnity, tinged with a new kind of glamour, had been earned.
  — Sheila Weller, Vanities, 2 Mar. 2017
• This sense of solemnity was shared by Lesley Younge, who had opened the event by invoking the names of the men.
  — Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2022
• The most remarkable thing: the quiet and the solemnity.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
• The solemnity of the occasion was reflected in teary eyes in the whole group.
  — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 11 Mar. 2018
• There was a solemnity to his voice that was hard to reconcile with the laughing man of years ago.
  — Alix Ohlin, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2017
• This is a tragic event and is being treated with great care and solemnity on the part of the command.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2019
• But the director brings the right solemnity to his script, which in less able hands might have grown ridiculous.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
• But solemnity is the guiding light here, and solemnity doesn’t suit the Guardians.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2023
• The damp morning mist added a feeling of transcendence to a place of solemnity and majesty.
  — Deborah Doyle, National Geographic, 8 Apr. 2019
• Fallon sings with a mixture of awe and solemnity that fits a retelling of the Christian savior’s birth.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2021
• After the depressing solemnity of the last few years and the beige that went along with it, her brightly hued world feels like a welcome break.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2022
• Celebration and solemnity were the twin moods of the night — and not for the first time in gay rights history, pointed out Carlile.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2022
• The ceremony, in all its solemnity, was known well to Mr. Dole.
  — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• As often as not, the snap is an undercut, slicing off solemnity at the knees.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, a season marked by sacrifice and solemnity.
  — Ruth Graham, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• The tone, abetted by the music, is solemn, and the audience is never unaware of that solemnity.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2017
• But that doesn’t mean there weren’t moments of levity in all that solemnity.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• Some project solemnity and trustworthiness, the way banks seemed way back when.
  — Dg Fulford, Woman's Day, 21 June 2010
• The exuberance of Armistice Day gave way to the solemnity of Remembrance Day.
  — Brendan Simms, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2018
• It’s a symbolic act, but one that heightens the solemnity of the occasion.
  — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021
• He's dressed for the solemnity of the occasion, in a maroon velvet shirt and a pair of dangling feather earrings.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 4 July 2023
• And Navajos regard eclipses with solemnity, marking them as a time to show reverence and respect for the sun and Earth.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
• The stirring music echoed off the walls, closing out the day with an uplifting air of formal solemnity.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• Sitting in front of a fireplace and a stack of books, with a sharp gaze fixed just below the camera lens, the politician is portrayed with a stately solemnity.
  — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• In Hyde Park, many stood ramrod straight, with heads bowed in a moment of uniform solemnity remarkable for a crowd that size.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 18 Oct 2024