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Solemnly in sentence

79 examples of Solemnly in a sentence

And we'd been doing this for a while, when she turned to me very solemnly and said, "Will this really keep out the giraffes?"
All were solemnly shaking their heads and looking as though they had been to a funeral.
"Interiors" is chock full of solemnly intoned howlers.
At an EU summit in Thessaloniki in 2003, delegates solemnly vowed to bring all of the Balkan countries into the bloc as members.
European law solemnly declares that the human body and its parts shall not give rise to financial gain , for reasons of human dignity.
After the massacres in Rwanda and Bosnia in the 1990s, world leaders once again solemnly declared, “Never again."
But from the moment when she solemnly assured the world that she had seen nothing in Sittwe, that nothing had happened in the rest of Rakhine State, and that the string of alarming reports to the contrary was just the “tip of an iceberg of disinformation,” her Nobel Prize became an alibi.
The Stability and Growth Pact clearly did not prevent “excessive” deficits, and the no-bailout clause failed its first test when European leaders, facing the Greek crisis, solemnly declared on February 11 that euro-zone members would “take determined and coordinated action, if needed, to safeguard financial stability in the euro area as a whole.”
This opens the way for even more death, destruction, and suffering, while discrediting the world order to which we solemnly committed when the UN was established.
The Finance Minister and Central Bank President solemnly declared that "if we do not elect a competent president, in 2003 Brazil will become Argentina."
Although PiS solemnly promised that the Sejm (parliament) would not reject the latter bill in the first reading, the legislation criminalizing abortion was advanced to a parliamentary vote, and the pro-choice proposition was rejected.
First, the international community seems to be suffering from schizophrenia: whereas all countries solemnly affirmed their commitment to the MDGs, few have provided the means to achieve them.
The image of young Caroline – the inspiration for Neil Diamond’s famous song – solemnly standing beside her three-year-old brother as he saluted his father’s coffin is deeply engrained in the hearts of Japan’s people.
At this moment, however brief, America’s soft power defeated by a knockout that of China, which less than one day later solemnly – and in the most opaque manner – opened the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
“The true meaning of the story of Christmas” he solemnly intoned, “will not be revealed until Easter, or possibly much later.”
The European Council has solemnly declared that Greece’s de facto default (orchestrated through so-called “private-sector involvement”) remains an exceptional and unique case.
Europe’s Misguided Search for GrowthBRUSSELS – A few months ago, 25 of the 27 members of the European Union solemnly signed a treaty that committed them to enshrining tough deficit limits in their national constitutions.
So Conseil and I were deep in the contemplation of our treasure, and I was solemnly promising myself to enrich the Paris Museum with it, when an ill-timed stone, hurled by one of the islanders, whizzed over and shattered the valuable object in Conseil's hands.
Then he added:"There lies our peaceful cemetery, hundreds of feet beneath the surface of the waves!""At least, captain, your dead can sleep serenely there, out of the reach of sharks!""Yes, sir," Captain Nemo replied solemnly, "of sharks and men!"SECOND PARTCHAPTER 1 The Indian OceanNOW WE BEGIN the second part of this voyage under the seas.
'Will you go a little way off?'Whereupon the Bishop walked at a smart pace to the middle of the room, then returning towards the mirror with a slow step, he resumed his air of irritation and went on solemnly giving benedictions.
'Will you swear to me,' said Madame de Renal solemnly, 'never to quarrel with the Governor of the Poorhouse over these letters?''Quarrel or no quarrel, I can take the foundlings away from him; but,' he continued, furiously, 'I want those letters this instant; where are they?''In a drawer in my desk; but you may be certain, I shall not give you the key of it.'
For an instant Harper paused in silent admiration of the lovely pleader, and then, folding her hands on his breast, he replied solemnly, "I cannot, and I will not."
"Henry!" said Frances, solemnly, quivering with emotion, and with a face pale as death, "you little know my heart."
"Peyton Dunwoodie!" said Frances, solemnly, and with a face of ashy paleness, "you have told me - you have sworn, that you love me--""I do," interrupted the soldier, with fervor; but motioning for silence she continued, in a voice that trembled with her fears,-"Do you think I can throw myself into the arms of a man whose hands are stained with the blood of my only brother!""Frances, you wring my very heart!"
Caesar took his chair again, and after looking timidly round the room, remarked,-"I t'ought he time war' come!""No," said Katy, solemnly, "he will live till the tide is out, or the first cock crows in the morning."
"God spares the lives of His servants to His own time," said the peddler, solemnly.
"Captain Wharton," said the president, solemnly, "the enemies of American liberty have made mighty and subtle efforts to overthrow our power.
"Good heavens - Harvey!""Silence!" said the peddler, solemnly.
At last I seemed to be prevailed on by her importunity, and told her I dared trust her with a secret of the greatest importance, and she would soon see that this was so, and that I would consent to lodge it in her breast, if she would engage solemnly not to acquaint her son with it without my consent.
At last I began to inquire into the circumstances of the family, how the old gentlewoman, I mean my mother, died, and how she left what she had; for my mother had promised me very solemnly, that when she died she would do something for me, and leave it so, as that, if I was living, I should one way or other come at it, without its being in the power of her son, my brother and husband, to prevent it.
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