"It's still a medieval ceremony, very somber, with no applause or anything."

Standing outside the damaged building today, President Bush paid homage to the victims in a somber ceremony and then praised the spirit of the survivors.

The somber ceremony was occasionally broken by inspirational music and remembrances that brought smiles to mourners' faces.

At the time, Mrs. Rell took her oath in a somber ceremony in which she promised to restore trust.

For a while, the yearly marking of the Slocum deaths was a somber citywide ceremony.

The somber ceremony was in stark contrast to the nervous debate provoked by the air force general's death.

And in this simple, somber ceremony, the world saw something more than a dignified act, an act of reconciliation.

The men inserted earplugs and then bowed their heads and folded their hands, as though observing a somber ceremony.

With a sense of somber ceremony, he unpinned the corners of the yellowed sheet of paper and took it down from the cork.

Every year, the school holds a somber ceremony on the anniversary of the raid.