(1) I was probably the only person at one of Roy Hodgson's many – indeed, seemingly hourly – sad press conferences to be reminded of Italian designer Roberto Cavalli, but that's only because the sports journalists never witnessed the designer weepily explain for 45 minutes that he was cancelling his show in a manner decidedly reminiscent of the owlish England manager announcing, post knockout, that he was in a "a realm of despair" – a description the Daily Telegraph's Matt Law rightly described as Ron Burgundy-esque.
(2) Behind the owlish glasses were eyes that were alternatively penetrating and twinkling.
(3) Amid the partisan clamour of the election campaign, Paul Johnson, the owlish director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies , and his team of young policy wonks have come to be seen as the ultimate arbiters of that endlessly repeated question, “Do the parties’ sums add up?” Ever since it was founded in 1969, it has been part of the thinktank’s raison d’etre to raise the quality of national debate about tax and spending policy.
(4) "I think now," Ballard says, almost owlishly, "that the drained pool represented the unknown."
(5) The Dickens industry cranked up, spewing monographs, PhDs and owlishly over-annotated editions.
(6) After lunch, I go to see the PAC in action quizzing William Nye, an owlish aide of the Prince of Wales, about the tax affairs of the Duchy of Cornwall.
(7) She was the mother and determined journalist with owlish glasses and grey thatch of hair who cruised around Greenwich Village on a bicycle, her handbag stowed in a wicker basket on the handlebars.
(8) Roy Hodgson strode about in his owlish way, hands clasped behind his back, sporting a badly fitting T-shirt and blue shorts, looking for all the world like a grandfather taking a leisurely stroll on a golf course.
Solemn
Definition:
(a.) Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.
(a.) Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal.
(a.) Stately; ceremonious; grand.
(a.) Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness.
(a.) Real; earnest; downright.
(a.) Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face.
(a.) Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form.
Example Sentences:
(1) wearefriendlyfires.com Ceremoniously slow and with a mood of solemn self-satisfaction and reflective pride, the most I can say about this is every note of it is archetypal national anthem fodder.
(2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest China dismisses Trump call with Taiwan as ‘small trick’ However, Beijing’s public response has so far been measured, with the foreign ministry lodging a “solemn representation” with Washington and the foreign minister, Wang Yi, downplaying the development as “a petty move” by Taiwan.
(3) Holocaust survivors and government officials have gathered at the memorial site of the former concentration camp Bergen-Belsen in northern Germany , in a solemn ceremony to commemorate the liberation of the camp 70 years ago.
(4) In Kentucky , county clerks issue marriage licenses, and someone else must “solemnize” the marriage.
(5) Referring to the 70th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in what Beijing calls “the Chinese people’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression”, Hua said: “We solemnly urge the Japanese side to draw hard lessons from history.” Satellite images Chinese-built runway artificial island finished Read more China is planning a large-scale military parade to mark the end of the second world war in the Pacific.
(6) Reality, fantasy and war Call of Duty has never been a series to offer solemn commentary on the nature of war.
(7) Still, I like to believe that these small-scale ventures, too, make some contribution to a conversation without limits or proscriptions; the sine qua non of the sort of society that knows to keep the solemn and the pious at bay.
(8) He brings us his mackerel, and his marigolds, as a child just able to walk solemnly brings objects … a birdcage, or a colander … and deposits them as an offering before the attentive adult."
(9) Holding a Qur’an and looking solemn, Barrow was sworn in at the Gambian embassy in Dakar, where he has spent the past few days, and delivered his inaugural speech as president.
(10) It solemnly proclaimed Ireland's independence, appointed ambassadors to the Peace Conference, where they have not yet been bidden, passed an address to the free nations of the world, and made some pretence of framing orders for its domestic procedure.
(11) In short, these solemn written principles of engagement had not been agreed, written, or signed by anyone at the point Crosby was engaged by the Conservative party.
(12) 'No,' he said with his usual solemn deliberation, 'it was the downfall of a great people and a great civilisation.'
(13) He also produced this effect in some of his sculptures, for example Untitled (Funerary Box for a Lime Green Python) (1954), where a pair of solemn-looking palm leaves gives the work a consciously ritualistic tone.
(14) Right up until Sunday's first-round vote, the frenetic Sarkozy, known as the "president of bling" was apologising for what he called his lack of solemnity at the start of his presidency.
(15) Pistorius had solemnly entered the court wearing a grey suit and blue tie.
(16) Nato’s security guarantee is treaty commitment and all allies have made ... a solemn commitment to defend each other.
(17) Rakoff nodded in solemn agreement, although she had no idea who this Jerry person was.
(18) More arrived every minute, until, when an ambulance left carrying the bodies of Liu and Ramos, they formed a vast and silent honour guard, saluting solemnly in the flashing lights.
(19) In return, we give them a solemn pledge: that we shall keep their role secret.
(20) But the apology was delivered with enough solemnity to win some credit.