Sentence examples similar to solemn measures from inspiring English sources

When the subject was his health, Walton was generally solemn and measured.

When one considers the emotional sympathy of the great crowd and all the massed effects of military pomp and royal dignity, of thousands of men stepping slowly to the measure of solemn music, of the mingling of pride and pathos, triumph and pity, grandeur and humility round the dust of one simple lonely woman – then, indeed, one may realise the significance of to-day's scene.

The more formal remembrances, borrowing from assorted religious and military traditions, were affecting in their measured, cadenced tone, their solemn recognition of mortality and loss.

Speciale sets the tone with an almost cartoonish comic lightness, but measures it against some unexpectedly solemn moments to keep us guessing.

Jeff Tweedy sets the new album's solemn tone with three songs he wrote: measured, midtempo tunes that have as much to do with solitude as with redemption.

Usually, when a public figure short of Osama bin Laden dies, reaction tends to be measured and at least a bit solemn, even among comedians.

The second problem is that he can be so thoroughgoing in his rejection of ironic whimsy that he crosses the fine line between solemn and pompous ("Is fervor belief's / only measure? Is there / no saving / what betrays itself?").

However, Beijing's public response has so far been measured, with the foreign ministry lodging a "solemn representation" with Washington and the foreign minister, Wang Yi, downplaying the development as "a petty move" by Taiwan.

His grandfather's mustache measured eight inches His work consists, for one thing, in satirizing solemn singers, mostly of the women's-club-afternoon recital variety.

The film tells the very familiar story of the Ark in a solemn and portentous fashion that seems inspired by Tolkein, Transformers and Cecil B. DeMille in equal measure.

Solemn, indeed.