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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About this time, there was a family funeral - with all the mock solemnity and grandeur of a cockney day out.
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All around them the solemnity of other faces in mourning.
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An exception to this solemnity comes when Mr Raban breaks his own rule and allows stowaways on board.
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His solemnity contrasts with the calculating bustle of Ezra Cohen.
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Television has contributed to the steady decline of solemnity in the courtroom.
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The solemnity was heightened at the actual times of worship by the colourful splendour of clerical pomp.
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There was once astonishment, even savagery in his stories; now there was a gentle solemnity .
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This was a movie that many people took with grave solemnity , Stone most of all.