How to use solemn in a sentence

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• His rumbling voice suited the solemn occasion.From the entry rumbling
• So, this term I have made a solemn vow to do better.2023 February 9, Alice Mainwood, “Lecture Block room 3, I secretly love you”, in Varsity, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Varsity Publications…. From the entry academic weapon
• Superman bashed Bavarians and kiboshed Krauts with a mix of solemn consecration, righteous anger and cathartic glee.2021, Roy Schwartz, “The Galactic Golem”, in Is Superman Circumcised?: The Complete Jewish History of the World’s Greatest Hero…. From the entry kibosh
• The Mississippi and our other senior rivers are very solemn, and take themselves very seriously.2008, John Madson, Michael McIntosh, Out Home, page 69. From the entry watercressed
• The revolutionary people in Heilungkiang are greatly inspired by Chairman Mao's solemn statement.1970, Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9. From the entry Chichihaerh
• This kore is not wearing the Ionian smile, but a look of solemn gravity.1966, Spyros Meletzēs, Helenē A. Papadakē, Akropolis and Museum, page 42. From the entry kore
• It is a solemn sight always—a procession, like a caravanserai crossing a desert.1938, Virginia Woolf, “Part Two”, in Three Guineas, London: The Hogarth Press, […], →OCLC, page 111. From the entry caravanserai
• Grand Opera mishaps are usually more silly than solemn, and provide people with amusing table talk.1937 February 8, “Music: Stage Dagger”, in Time. From the entry table talk
• Molly, in the regulation blue serge and coloured hat-ribbon of schoolgirldom, approached her grand-uncle with solemn eyes.1925, Ian Hay, Paid in Full, page 138. From the entry schoolgirldom
• Another Creticism is the solemn assurance that the Roman Church is not in politics.1915, The Chronicle, page 15. From the entry Creticism
• It was a solemn moment when the cork came out with a cloop.1910, J[ohn] J[oy] Bell, “His Justice”, in Wullie McWattie’s Master, New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.: Fleming H[ewitt] Revell Company…. From the entry cloop
• It started with the solemn celebration of the Mass, Fr.2024 June 10, Diocese of Baguio-CURIA, Facebook. From the entry gimong
• "The charge?" Chalmers rattled off a list of offenses, a few of which turned Prance's already defeated mood more solemn.2022, Peter Farris, The Devil Himself: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry you can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride
• Nick Saban is known for his solemn and stern demeanor.2021 September 21, “Mac Jones confirms Nick Saban's love for 'deez' jokes”, in NBC Sports. From the entry deez nuts
• The woman in the photo was young, wimpleless, with short blonde hair and a solemn yet pretty face.2010, Anne Marsella, The Baby of Belleville, London: Portobello Books, →ISBN, page 252. From the entry wimpleless
• There is the Professor's nightly bath, for instance, which has all the solemn trappings of a royal balneation.1993, John Banville, Ghosts. From the entry balneation
• "My boy," he would say every time with solemn and ritualistic regularity, "we're a little short on frog hair."1975, Fred R. Harris, The New Populism, page 15. From the entry frog hair
• A solemn moment, taxing our self-control to the utmost.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “II AND XV”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry stiff upper lip
• It is a solemn moment for the American Democracy.1946, Winston Churchill, Sinews of Peace. From the entry accountability
• "My boy looked at me very budge," i.e., solemn.1931, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, page 684. From the entry budge
• It flickered uncertainly, but it served to light up his haggard face and the solemn, betitled iron boxes lining the walls.1913, I. A. R. Wylie, The Little Partner. From the entry betitle
• At first we stand agedly solemn before the sphinxity of life, and "on ne devient pas jeune qu'avec le temps."1909, Sir James Henry Yoxall, The Wander Years, page 233. From the entry sphinxity
• The period of “ungreening” is closed by a solemn meeting where the novitiates are addressed by the president of the Corporation.1908, The Hartford Seminary Record - Volume 18, page 289. From the entry ungreen
• The video shows Oliver, captured via a real photograph and animated with generative artificial intelligence, wearing a beanie with a solemn expression.2025 August 4, Dara Kerr, “Jim Acosta interviews ‘made-up’ AI avatar of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver”, in The Guardian. From the entry Acosta
• The New York Times notes that, where his rallies were once "improvised and volatile," their finales now feel more planned, solemn, and infused with religion.2024 April 8, “The Rapid Secularization of America”, in Fareed Zakaria GPS, spoken by Fareed Zakaria. From the entry altar call
• His eyes were mirthful yet solemn when he told me: "These old bones are still too young to let the fun die!2016 July 28, “The Art of Benjamin Buttoning”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2023. From the entry Benjamin Button
• A week ago, she had daubed them all with body paint—Hugh and Robert red with spots, even the solemn Charles a zizzy green.2012, Wendy Perriam, Born of Woman. From the entry zizzy
• It was solemn, intent, opaque; it was also slightly mesmeric, which is to say that it gave out everything and took in nothing.1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter XV, in Age of Consent, London: T[homas] Werner Laurie […], →OCLC, page 152. From the entry globular
• Eliot and Gertrude Stein had a solemn conversation, mostly about split infinitives and other grammatical solecisms and why Gertrude Stein used them.1933, Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas. From the entry solecism
• Holmes, they excel in “saying undisputed things in a solemn way.” But that is typical of politicese, the language used by platform makers.1920 March 18, E. W. Anibal, “To-Day’s Prize Letter”, in New York Tribune, volume LXXIX, number 26,786, page 9. From the entry politicese
• I feel, indeed, that something very ponderous, and solemn, and authoritative, and learned, and wise, and owlish, and erudite, ought to be said.1914, Julian Leonard Street, Abroad at home; American ramblings, observations, and adventure of Julian Street. From the entry owlish
• The multisong fantasia that began with “Nice Work If You Can Get It” and ended with “I Got Rhythm,” revolved around a solemn, majestic “My Man’s Gone Now.”2009 September 24, Stephen Holden, “A Romance With Gershwin That Deepens Every Year”, in New York Times. From the entry multisong
• But that doesn’t mean that the series is bad, just peculiar, a solemn mythologization — and mystification — of surfing as unearthly pleasure and life-sapping addiction.2007 June 8, Alessandra Stanley, “Something’s Up, and It’s Not the Surf”, in New York Times. From the entry mythologization
• Sanda is a venerated, solemn genre; in this area of east Manggarai rima it occurs only on the occasion of a religious festival such as penti.2001, Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs. From the entry sanda
• How should Anthony look?" "You look like Anthony," she assured him seriously - he thought she had scarcely seen him - "rather majestic," she continued, " and solemn."1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, (please specify |book=1, 2, or…. From the entry Anthony
• The keeping eunuchs were at back, solemn in stately rows, bespeared and bescimitared, the Danish, Irish, and German of their countenances lost in the daub which made them swart.1905, Samuel Major Gardenhire, The Silence of Mrs. Harrold - Page 277. From the entry swart
• The forthfaring was in solemn silence, but after a block or two Felicita began to be sorry for her companion and once lived up to her name.1905, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine: A Popular Journal of General Literature, volume 76, page 327. From the entry forthfaring
• Tiptoeing with solemn face, with some flowers and a vase, in they walked in and then said, "Ahhh," when they saw the toys and candy and the dollhouse from Papa.1939, Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline, pages 35-36. From the entry vase
• A zigzag of lightning fretted the eastern horizon in a brilliant greenish flash, sharply outlining the sea-line; and, as a solemn, hollow, distant peal reverberated, a spitter of rain fell.1916, The Wireless Age, page 19. From the entry spitter

Meaning of solemn

1. adjective Of or pertaining to religious ceremonies and rites; (generally) religious in nature; sacred.
2. adjective Characterized by or performed with appropriate or great ceremony or formality.
3. adjective Deeply serious and sombre; grave.

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How do you use solemn in a sentence?

Solemn is used as an adjective. For example: “His rumbling voice suited the solemn occasion.”

What is a short sentence with solemn?

“His rumbling voice suited the solemn occasion.”

What does solemn mean?

Solemn means of or pertaining to religious ceremonies and rites; (generally) religious in nature; sacred.