Sentence examples for solemn site from inspiring English sources

And, as if that wasn't enough, another student tried to bring bullets into the solemn site.

"A year after the memorial's opening, the almost-cheerful atmosphere at what was supposed to be a solemn site has appalled first responders and victims' families," the New York Post wrote in September 2012.

Still, the space was solemn, a site of pain and reflection: a forest of 70 large metal walls rose like trees, ready to shelter whoever walked among them.

Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY Bricktown Canal, 7 30 p.m., residents holding 10,000 candles and with a solemn ceremony at the site of the Murrah Federal Building.

During the service, the Vatican broadcast on a huge screen a solemn travelogue of holy sites, beginning in the Middle East with scenic shots of Ur and the surrounding desert, moving on to biblical paintings by Marc Chagall and ending with sixth-century mosaics at San Vitale, a church in Ravenna.

On Friday, Stroger will be the unconventional site of a solemn event: Ms. Reese's ordination as an Episcopal minister.

Some people have even envisioned turning the whole site into a solemn memorial, but that's problematic, and not merely because the real estate is so valuable.

As the solemn ceremony began at the site of the World Trade Center that was attacked by two hijacked airliners 15 years ago, there was patchy sunlight, with temperatures at about 80 degrees Fahrenheit (26.6 Celsius).

On the other hand, Deller might be pointing out that our greatest and most solemn monuments have all become sites of entertainment nowadays.

"Over 692,452 riders served!" it says on the company's Web site, along with this solemn vow: "Rest assured, that any representative you encounter when you do call us will assist you courteously and professionally".

Tuesday started with a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the site of the explosions near the finish line.