as in solemn
not joking or playful in mood or manner
we rarely invite her to our parties because she's always so po-faced
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Adjective
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The noble profile of a solemn, aging Great Dane named Apollo dominates Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s The Friend, a movie nominally about the difficulties of caring for a pet in New York City.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025 -
Then, with his hopes of starting the season in the major leagues officially dashed, Hinch and his family began the solemn drive from Philly to the team’s Triple-A site in Scranton, Pa.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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No one is more than a degree or two of separation from someone with a serious health condition.—
Primary care physicians,
Hartford Courant,
6 Apr. 2025
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The 16-year-old passenger and the driver of the Subaru were taken to a hospital and last listed in serious condition, KTUL reported.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Fifteen games have passed since, cementing Deepdale as one of the sternest away trips in the English Football League.—
Sam Tighe,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Subplots like his minority investment in the sleazy nightclub The Snakehole Lounge afforded him the opportunity to showcase a stunning variety of little coats, unlike Scott, whose stern and straight-laced state auditor Ben Wyatt seemingly never changes into anything less formal.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Shoshone and Paiute characters, meanwhile, are solemnly noble or dangerously impassioned but invariably humorless.—
Mike Hale,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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The Ally has chosen sink themselves with pomposity, a humorless sense of holiness, or, worse still, plain canniness — a cynical nod to the selling power of relevance lurking inside a righteous agenda.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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With an equally tender and earnest vocal performance, Yaksta infuses Crawba’s soundscape with the reverence that unconditional love often mirrors.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
3 Apr. 2025
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But Maezawa has managed to come across as earnest and genuine in his mission for world peace and philanthropy, establishing the Contemporary Art Foundation in Tokyo and randomly giving away a billion yen, or $9.1 million, to his followers in 2020.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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