| 1. | For his solemnity of the night before had greatly impressed me. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| 2. | Collins was gratified, and with a more smiling solemnity replie. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 3. | To scorn at our solemnity this night. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | And I called the Mighty Ruler of the Universe to witness the pious solemnity of my vow. - from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe |
| 5. | Affected by the solemnity of the scene, there was a wondering gaze of incredulous curiosity in his countenance. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 6. | This faith gives a solemnity to his reveries that render them to me almost as imposing and interesting as truth. - from Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley |
| 7. | "Yes." There was a kind of solemnity in this interrogation. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 8. | contract and limit of the solemnity her brother Frederick wa. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 9. | the solemnity of the occasion, which, by offending the god, migh. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |