Sentence examples for solemn church from inspiring English sources
That wasn't, in truth, much of a gag, but it worked as effectively as a rude noise at a solemn church service.
The change can be heard in the neighborhood's lively restaurants and solemn church services, in parks, street markets and language schools.
If he had so far played the priest at a solemn church service, Stevens now donned the metaphorical hoodie (and actual trucker cap) of a stoned housemate embarking on a 10-minute monologue on the nature of positive reinforcement.
In one of the most memorable scenes in Victorian literature, Lucy, high on her love for Paul Emanuel (not actually married, but so elusive that he might as well be), floats in anguish through the dull city streets before stumbling into "an old solemn church" where she finds herself making a confession to a kind but puzzled priest.
When the bishop himself spoke about it at a Mass on Tuesday in which the priests of the diocese renewed their solemn promises, the church members in the cathedral began to clap, and finally hollered their approval.
"Some teachers treat yoga like a church service — solemn, unworldly, mystical," she said.
Unlike the solemn old deacons and church mothers of the African Baptist Church, these sere figures never dress up in suits and floral hats.
Hence, the funerary ceremonies were invested with a sombre character that found visible expression in the use of black vestments and candles of unbleached wax and the solemn tolling of the church bell.
But there was at times an excessive earnestness to the music making, due perhaps to the solemn intimacy of the church's St. James Chapel or to the proximity to Columbia University.
He need not say that on such occasions the solemn services of the Church were performed in a slovenly, irregular and indecent manner … The owners of private grounds closed by the government were not inclined to go quietly; they were, after all, losing the entirety of their business.
Holiday Music Holy Week gets off to it solemn start today with churches throughout the Island marking Palm Sunday.
