Sentence examples for solemn function from inspiring English sources
The Olympics have a more solemn function: to channel the lethal energies of modern nationalism into a peaceful competition for gold medals.
She appears quite timid and she presides well at the solemn functions of her court".
The fanfare is largely justified and has a solemn purpose.
These continual closeups of Saul serve a solemn purpose.
This is a solemn occasion.
It has been called upon to play at the most solemn state functions.
Dunn, who found the Aggie War Hymn "inappropriate" for social functions and solemn occasions, wrote its accompanying music and presented it to the student body titled Spirit of Aggieland.
The host: Jonathan Ross locks horns with Mickey Rourke The Bafta crowd were a bit solemn about Ross's gags: a function, I suspect, of the ceremony itself becoming more and more conscious of its own Hollywoodised self-importance.
First Amendment protections are a solemn oath designed to preserve a functioning democracy; they in no way logically extend to protecting the capacity to inflict harm on vulnerable citizens for mere amusement.
In between taking solemn notes at yet another senseless death in the projects, Wren puts on a tie and heads to a work function.
