Somber

//ˈsɑmbɚ//

"Somber" in a Sentence (12 examples)

From the doctor's grim expression, it was clear he had somber news for the patient.

We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.

Tom is somber.

Even in Tom's funniest sketches, there is a somber note.

It was pretty somber.

He's somber.

It was a somber day in Algiers.

On the 3rd of November of 2021, it was a rainy, somber day. At the cafe, I found the only open spot at a table near the washroom. There, I drank my iced green tea. At a table beyond mine was a blond student with big biceps with tattoos. Hans the Netherlander rolled in with his wheelchair. I joined him at another table. There, we discussed multibillionaires: Elon Musk's space technology and Bill Gates' medical technology. Then, we discussed the Yucatan. I said that I have been to the temples at Tulum, near a cliff overlooking a white sandy beach, looking like a science fiction set. The other day, he mentioned that Netherlanders ate eel. I suggested that he try the "unagi donburi," sweet glazed eel on rice, at the nearby Japanese restaurant.

These colors are somber.

Thousands of people made homeless by Italy's deadliest earthquake in 30 years celebrated a somber Easter on Sunday.

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My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.

Though I wore only a plain somber gray Brunswick gown unadorned by ribbon or lace, and my uncle was dressed in black, the people knew aristocrats on sight.

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