somberly
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Somberly, she chatted with the assistants assigned to her room as they prepped her for the procedure.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022
Somberly, they informed us that the entire country would be under a strict lockdown within 48 hours, so they couldn’t schedule lessons or flights.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2020
Somberly, he concludes: “It’s winter, winter in America / And ain’t nobody fighting because nobody knows / What to save.”
From Newsweek
Somberly, the President issued an executive order directing the Secretary of Defense to "take all appropriate steps" to enforce the court orders and calling the Mississippi units of the National Guard into "active military service."
From Time Magazine Archive
Somberly, I sit next to Ma and scratch my head with both hands.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Vocabulary lists containing somberly
Walk Two Moons
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