somber

Example Sentences

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In it, Rousseau acknowledged that it was a "somber day" for his organisation.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

This week began on a somber note with the fatal accident at LaGuardia Airport Sunday night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

That also describes Stacy’s children, but since Preston was their father, Stacy has to bring them on her somber country mission too.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

For McDermott, they suggest somber ritual and were, in fact, known in Akhnaten’s Egypt.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

The Captain looked so somber, I could almost imagine I was an Egyptian slave taking Pharaoh on a tour of the flooded Nile Delta.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson