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Example sentences for: solemnity

How can you use “solemnity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The Fifth Element alternates between high solemnity and low buffoonery, without for a second finding the ideal middle ground.
Songs from this ritual were collected by Juan Rael and reveal the solemnity of the ceremony.
He liked to deflate solemnity with silliness.
The predictability of the proceeding is noted in a front-page trial journal in the Post . This piece reports that the solemnity of the voting was disturbed by murmuring in the press gallery only when Republican Senators Stevens, Thompson and Warner voted not guilty on the perjury article.
They don't appear to be doing anything particularly illegal, and with their liturgical solemnity they seem far less a threat to the Republic than, say, a Karen Finley performance piece or happy hour at Hooters.