somber
Example Sentences
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The piano player was making an awful racket, pounding out low, somber notes that didn’t fit the mood of the film at all.
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He looks so still, so somber and sincere.
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“The solemn ritual returns the remains of troops killed in action. It is considered one of the most somber duties of a commander-in-chief.”
From Salon
The sun was lost in a bank of somber clouds.
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Debra DeLaet, a Drake political science professor who participated in the panel, said Wednesday that the mood on campus was somber.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.