Sentence examples for no solemnity from inspiring English sources
And have we come so far as a country to merit a day of pure celebration marked with little to no solemnity for the average American?
According to the chronicler Polydore Vergil, Henry VII "tarried for two days" in Leicester before moving on to London, and on the same date as Henry's departure – 25 August 1485 – Richard's body was buried "at the convent of Franciscan monks [sic] in Leicester" with "no funeral solemnity".
Generously, he added: "There could be no faulting his solemnity.
Now, there is no denying the solemnity of the issues being aired here; what astounds is the combination of them, the brazenness of which would have made Salvador Dali pause to stroke his mustache.
"If the original is solemn, then solemnity must be what is solemnly lampooned".
At no time does solemnity so possess our souls as when we stand deserted at the brink of darkness into which our loved one has gone.
Put no difference in your tone, wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow," as Henry Scott Holland, a former canon of St Paul's Cathedral, once famously said in a sermon.
David Bewick, head of Cantor public relations, then read the poem Death is Nothing At All, familiar to mourners at so many funerals, lingering over its exhortation to "wear no false air of solemnity or sorrow".
But Haenel's blank, slightly bug-eyed solemnity gives no sense of her inner life; the parade of minor figures is mostly implausible, and the climactic revelation is melodramatic and unsatisfying.
There are no tears, serious voices or solemnity, just animated discussion.
