Spoonbill

Definition

solemn /'sɒlǝm / adj ၁။ တည္ၾကည္ေလးနက္ေသာ။ ဣေႁႏၵရိွေသာ။ solemn faces ❍ He looked very solemn as I told him the bad news. ၂။ အေလးအနက္ထားေသာ။ a solemn promise/undertaking/oath/vow. ၃။ ခံ့ညားတည္ၿငိမ္ေသာ။ က်င့္႐ိုး ထံုးတမ္းျဖစ္ေသာ။ a solemn procession/ritual/ceremony. ❏ solemnly adv တည္ၾကည္စြာ။ ေလးေလးနက္နက္။ speak/nod/watch/listen solemnly ❍ Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth?

Examples

1. ‘It's a solemn
2. formal occasion witnessed with pride by family and friends.’
3. ‘As Big Ben struck quarter-to-noon the solemn music of the approaching procession outside became more audible.’
4. ‘We went then from the cold church in solemn procession
5. singing litanies into the thin air.’
6. ‘A splendid orchestra and chorus group set up a solemn and glorious atmosphere for the play.’
7. ‘There were
8. of course
9. the solemn ceremonies at the parish church
10. the best attended of the year after Christmas.’
11. ‘The funeral procession was solemn but lofty
12. as befit the prince.’
13. ‘Across the Potomac
14. an equally solemn ceremony took place this morning at the World War II Memorial.’
15. ‘Organ music at the Mass set a solemn tone
16. but the day's ceremonies ended on a festive note
17. with fireworks and a ball under the stars.’
18. ‘The American National Anthem will be played followed by solemn music during the ceremony instead of the usual marches.’
19. ‘In a symbolic gesture one of his sculptures was uncovered in a solemn ceremony.’
20. ‘In the solemn atmosphere of the memorial ceremony
21. many victims' relatives were unable to contain their emotions as they remembered their loved ones.’
22. ‘Yet
23. while magic had not lost its potency or usefulness
24. most of its solemn pomp and ceremonial value was long gone.’
25. ‘The officers who took part in the solemn ceremony pointed out that they ‘had laid down their lives today for the sake of our tomorrow’.’
26. ‘The committee proposes that couples should be free to choose where they want to get married
27. though the location must not detract from the solemn nature of the ceremony.’
28. ‘Graduation and similar ceremonies should be solemn
29. with the national flag raised at the front.’
30. ‘More than 200 people attended a solemn ceremony at the City Hall Memorial Garden to honour Hong Kong's war dead.’
31. ‘Rochdale remembered its war dead in solemn ceremonies throughout the borough.’
32. ‘A band blows solemn notes as two riders on magnificently caparisoned horses trot to the president's box
33. salute
34. and trot back to raucous cheers.’
35. ‘The enormous space which had before seemed cathedral-like in its solemn majesty and timelessness
36. now resembled the aftermath of a hurricane or earthquake.’
37. ‘A record number of veterans brought a forest of flags to a former Second World War prisoner-of-war camp for a solemn ceremony to remember fallen comrades.’