Sentence examples for call for solemn from inspiring English sources

You can hear it in Cymbeline's call for "solemn music", the "sad and solemn music" in Henry VIII, the "sudden twang of instruments" in The Two Noble Kinsmen, and especially in The Tempest, with its repeated calls for "solemn and strange music" and "soft music".

But the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, said yesterday that this was not "a crusade against the ICC", but instead a "solemn call for the organisation to take Africa's concerns seriously".

Both solemn occasions call for more than memory; they cry out for renewal of our purpose as a freedom-seeking people who pursue peace and justice for all.

The committee is wrong to call for the UK to break its solemn promise to the world's poor".

Pope St. Fabian (236 250) had their corpses brought to Rome for solemn burial.

But paper did not altogether replace parchment, which long remained in use, especially for solemn documents.

He has even gone so far as to call proselytism "solemn nonsense".

Fly the flag at half-mast (half-staff) for solemn occasions.

Saying that the announcement today marked a "very solemn and important occasion," Mr. Feeney said he was compelled to call for the special session because "we have a duty to protect Florida's participation in the Electoral College".

The Times noted that it was a "solemn day in the galleries" as the "women there were slow to laugh, and they seemed too much awed by the speaker's call for order to applaud even their strongest champion".

This solemn and powerful event recognizes the urgency and gravity of the moment, which will unite civil society in a call for bold climate action from world leaders.