Sentence examples for mostly solemn from inspiring English sources

The main show begins in the 15th century, and a lot changes between the mostly solemn, sober works in the opening gallery and the vivid, effervescent Impressionist and Post-Impressionist canvases in the final one.

My frame of reference, beginning with something as basic as the calendar, was marked not by Thanksgiving turkeys or Christmas trees but by the mostly solemn round of Jewish holidays, characterized by endless services, heavy meals, and long quiescent afternoons.

The atmosphere at the hearing was mostly solemn as Smith professed his commitment to rectifying the company's security lapses.

Newspaper headlines were mostly solemn, with some exceptions notably the right-wing Libero, whose front page read "Islamic Bastards".

The world wars, in which Canadians had played a large part, passed by mostly in solemn sadness.

Especially compared with the solemn, mostly repurposed fare that clutters the rest of OWN, "The Rosie Show" is colorful and spontaneous: the funny cousin who shows up for a family ceremony late and lets suitcases of clothes, shoes and presents spill out all across the living room floor.

His grandfather's mustache measured eight inches His work consists, for one thing, in satirizing solemn singers, mostly of the women's-club-afternoon recital variety.

Gathering at the site where the arrest took place, around 400 mourners joined a solemn, dignified, and mostly silent procession through the town.

In his review for AllMusic, Richard Ginell writes of the album: "With the subcontinental influence now firmly in the driver's seat, the score is mostly given over to the solemn, atmospheric drones of Indian music.

The next day, the mainstream media uniformly agreed that the contest had been "won" by the incumbent, Joe Biden, whose rebuttals consisted mostly of mugging and smirking over Ryan's solemn efforts at prescription.

After the Solemn Mass — a pageantry-laden ceremony celebrated mostly in Latin — he boarded an open-topped jeep and rode around St. Peter's Square as thousands of cameras, smartphones and tablet computers immortalized what unfolded: The pope waving cheerfully, kissing several babies and tenderly hugging a disabled boy.