How to use solemnity in a sentence

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• Evie pats my nose with popelike slow solemnity, as if registering the promise.2007, Polly Williams, The Yummy Mummy. From the entry popelike
• This thematic unity touched the show with additional solemnity and grace.1988 April 9, Vicki Gabriner, “Dancing for the Living and the Dead”, in Gay Community News, page 6. From the entry touch
• It is sniffed with succubine solemnity by Louise and the 7-year-old twins, Jessica and Gregory.1970 April 10, “The Good Witch Of The West”, in Life, page 69. From the entry succubine
• The location of certain especially fast and dangerous flumes was kept secret in families for generations and passed on in unquestioned solemnity .2012 July 4, Susanna Moore, The Whiteness of Bones, Vintage, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry flume
• We could choose to imagine him (and hypothetical stagings are always themselves acts of interpretation) as joining the procession with some solemnity, perhaps.2011, Stephen Halliwell, Between Ecstasy and Truth: Interpretations of Greek Poetics from Homer to Longinus, Oxford University Press…. From the entry comastic
• The remonstrance which he addressed to it, which is to be found among his works, is a curious combination of solemnity and humour.1902, J. Campbell Gibson, Mission Problems and Mission Methods in South China, 2nd edition, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, page 56. From the entry Swatow
• His extrovert craziness is an interesting counterpoint or safety valve to the ethos of prayerful silence and traditional solemnity which is so much part of Orthodox identity.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 207. From the entry prayerful
• The corpse is buried in all solemnity, and two days later, at dead of night, the bocor digs it up, stops feeding it salt, and has himself a zombie.1989, James A. Michener, Caribbean. From the entry bocor
• His pinched face, with its wispish silver growths, bent pince-nez, cap crushed slightly on one side, and air of portentous, almost lunatic solemnity, lent itself to more than portraiture.1928, Robert Byron, “Gardenias and Sweetpeas”, in The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred…. From the entry wispish
• He sees their actions conditioned and to gome extent controlled by the influences of majestic inhuman powers, the genii of Eastern tales, huge, cloud-girt spirits of oppressive solemnity.1915, George A. Birmingham, Gossamer, Methuen Company, Limited, pages 284-285. From the entry inhuman
• He pronounced these words afterwards, with great solemnity:-- "Andrew Jackson, if I catch ye fightin' once more, I'll be afther givin' ye lave to lave the school."1904, Winston Churchill, (Please provide the book title or journal name). From the entry afther

Meaning of solemnity

1. noun The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
2. noun An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence.
3. noun A feast day of the highest rank celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or another important saint.

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Questions about solemnity in a sentence

How do you use solemnity in a sentence?

Solemnity is used as a noun. For example: “The Minotaur! the Labyrinth—such words do not suggest the solemnities of antiquarian research.”

What is a short sentence with solemnity?

“the solemnity of a funeral”

What does solemnity mean?

Solemnity means the quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.