Sentence examples for solemn rites from inspiring English sources

"HPSCHD" is antic and circus-like, its Mozart quotations unmistakably mocking the solemn rites of classical tradition.

"When Mr. Barnum brings the church and its solemn rites into his show business, he outrages public decency," intoned The Brooklyn Eagle.

Funeral weeds had had their day, solemn rites were dead and gone: in the dining room of the Grand Hotel, she sensed that she was forgiven for her unshed tears, the grief she could not manage.

Rev. F. A. DeRosset, rector of the Church of the Redeemer, conducted the last solemn rites and a quartette choir composed of Mr. Buchanan, Miss Lelia Miller, and Messrs. Buchanan and Tunnel sang several beautiful hymns.

They are discussing wristwatches — water resistance, the choice of strap — and yet we feel like observers of a solemn rite.

BONUS. a (though a Roman Catholic bishop says it's not sanctioned by the church, and "any attempt to use the solemn Rite of Exorcism as entertainment exposes all participators to the danger of future hidden satanic attack").

Yet only since 2009 have journalists been allowed to photograph coffins returning from the war zones, the most solemn of rites at this air base.

I saw in my imagination a solemn pagan rite: sage elders, seated in a circle, watching a young girl dance herself to death.

Go not back from the solemn promise, From the rites that within the book are written.

Descendants of the Mayans greeted the date with a shrug, or for the dwindling numbers still practicing ancient rites, with solemn, more closed ceremonies.

Most modern Maya were indifferent to the ceremonies, and the small number of people still practising ancient rites held solemn, more private ceremonies.