As they consider the soul immortal, funerals are not a somber occasion but rather celebrations with banquets and music.

It was a somber occasion, since no one expected any real breakthrough via the macroscope and Brad's presence morbidly illustrated the danger in trying.

It was a somber occasion, and most players are expecting the team to make major personnel changes.

And Uecker helped turn the somber occasion into a celebration of a strong and spirited man's life.

Crossing 'Bridges' But the somber occasion did not provide the catalyst for a breakthrough.

Quark had donned another coat in his office, looked even dandier than usual, inappropriate garb for such a somber occasion.

She was presented with a set of keys and a Bible, but she didn't have to speak, and it turned out to be a somber occasion.

It is a somber, sacred occasion with music and dancing until the early hours of the morning.

But this was a somber, tragic occasion.

A somber occasion, it has little of the elaborate ceremony of ship commissioning, but carries significant tradition.