To the two watchers there was a curious and profound dignity in the firm lines of his awful face.

She drew herself up in profound dignity, and Joe suspected that she had said a great deal more with those words than he had perceived.

The dancers had this weird quality of absurdity mixed with profound dignity.

Solomon asked, enunciating his words with the profound dignity and slow precision of the very drunk.

When the moment passes, it requires of the older actor a profound dignity.

In doing so, he has brought to light the profound dignity of his subjects.

The profound dignity in the women's faces, as well as the admiration and affection with which Ms. Noggle depicts them, is tempered by the sharp sense of physical loss the pictures express.

"I agree," Bildoon said, overtones of profound dignity in his voice.

"As I love you both, I must speak," Stilgar said, a profound dignity in his tone.

He presented a figure of profound dignity beside a tiny desk in the lobby, dispensing advice in English with a thick French accent.