Meanings of solemn farce in English

The Convention had not been led through the solemn farce without protest.

And with this solemn farce, the conference came to an end.

Without this his ministrations appear but a solemn farce of deceit, 2 Tim.

But the world was not deceived by the solemn farce.

This was some solemn farce with which Fu-Manchu sought to impress his fanatical dupes.

What was the meaning of the whole solemn farce?

What a solemn farce-weshould say, lie-wasthis!

So ends the solemn farce.

A solemn farce was played.

Perhaps it was a solemn farce enacted by pranking existences that throng the shadows lying along the border of another world.

It beats your bar and white jackets, Luke, or that solemn farce of cheap liquors and robber prices of the State agency system.

Again Lentulus was in his curule chair, and again the solemn farce of taking the auspices, preparatory to commencing the session, was gone through.

Both were thankful when the solemn farce of eating and drinking came to an end; and Quita rose with an audible sigh of relief.

Actual life was prolonged in the life of the theater, and a sort of solemn farce was enacted under the hot flare of the gas.

The heretic now laughs to scorn the solemn farce of the Church which, in the name of the All-Merciful, formally delivers him over to Satan.

The solemn farce by which the public had been amused since the retreat of the royal army from Salisbury was prolonged during a few hours.