Sentence examples for except for solemn from inspiring English sources
It was rarely rung except for solemn feasts like Easter or to mark the death of a pope or archbishop of Paris.
Fly the flag at half-mast (half-staff) for solemn occasions.
These hundred-plus musicians gather for a solemn salute to fallen officers.
The fetial priests were used for the solemn official declaration of war.
At the time, it looked like he was thanking the crowd for their solemn applause.
That great, tumultuous and, finally, exhilarating work was a fitting choice for the solemn occasion.
Except for Marianne Moore, who called the poems "sharp, solemn, rhapsodic," reviewers of the book were bewildered.
Except for the freakish exceptions.
Most of the dances, except for one comic dance drama, looked hieratic and solemn, but always beautiful.
But there's nothing solemn or overemphatically spiritual here – except for Erdem's tendency to overuse the imposing music of Arvo Pärt, all too easy a way to buy in ready-made momentousness.
The whole thing, with its solemn processionals and adagio partnering, might have looked prosaic except for the excellence of the performance, the best of the entire program, which was coached by Mr. Tetley and an assistant.
