Sentence examples for serious occasion from inspiring English sources

We knew this was a serious occasion.

The judge said, "This is a very serious occasion" — a tinge of admonition in his voice.

"The match will be a serious occasion, but one that shows that the football world is united against these atrocities.

The match will be a serious occasion but one that shows that the football world is united against these atrocities.

"This is a chance for us to talk about a serious issue and a serious occasion and diffuse that with some humor and some fun," Mr. DiNoto said.

The bombastic torrent of words that characterized Independence Day during the 19th century made it both a serious occasion and one sometimes open to ridicule like the increasingly popular and democratic political process itself in that period.

He added, "They don't like people joking on serious occasions, warming the crowd".

We sing at serious occasions too, in church, at weddings, christenings, funerals.

"There seem to be enough serious occasions in which the governor was present when at least promises were made or money exchanged," said Dick W. Simpson, head of the political science department at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

It's proof that these aren't always stiff-lipped, serious occasions.

"Sadly there have been two serious occasions that made me reconsider what I do for a living," she tells me.