Sentence examples for on a solemn from inspiring English sources
Book Ten of the Analects displays what might appear to be an obsessive concern with the way Confucius greeted persons in everyday life, e.g., if he saw they were dressed in mourning dress, he would take on a solemn appearance or lean forward on the stanchion of his carriage.
On a solemn occasion in 1986, no one at the controls notices the flash of fire at the bottom of the space shuttle Challenger's solid-rocket booster.
Finally, this week's roundup ends on a solemn note.
For their detractors it was proof of unbecoming frivolity on a solemn occasion.In this section No longer a shining example Will there be more?
The 28-year-old tore into India's hapless pacemen from his first delivery, crunching 19 boundaries after the match began on a solemn note following tributes to Hughes.
Seven thousand ex-fighters from Canada have journeyed here on a solemn pilgrimage in honor of their fellow warriors who gave their lives to make possible the capture of the supposedly impregnable ridge on Easter Monday, 1917.
With the White House and Capitol Hill approaching agreement on the language of a resolution authorizing the use of military force against Iraq, Congress is on the threshold of a solemn and rare occasion -- a debate over war and peace.
While the Palm Sunday and Easter observances of Holy Week are generally more joyful, Maundy Thursday observances take on a more solemn tone and focus on two primary rituals that are portrayed in the biblical accounts of the Last Supper.
The parallel was on many minds when the EU's 28 national leaders gathered in Ypres in Flanders on Thursday for a solemn ceremony to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War.
Having criticized the Soviet Union (the primary financial backer of Cuba) in such a public manner, he returned to Cuba on March 14 to a solemn reception by Fidel and Raúl Castro, Osvaldo Dorticós and Carlos Rafael Rodríguez at the Havana airport.
And it was in that Columbus where, at the initiation of four women who met in a 12-gabled house on North Fourth Street, a solemn procession was made to Friendship Cemetery on April 25 , 1866
