somber
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Appeared in the December 18, 2025, print edition as 'A Somber New Home'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
Somber and remorseful, his Beckett in formal attire explains that he has accepted the award so that he can give the money away.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024
Somber Easter celebrations were held on Sunday for hundreds of displaced Palestinians at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024
Somber, embalmed-body funerals, with their $9,000 industry average price tag, are, for many families, a relic.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2019
So he found "Dorian Gray" and the "Mystic and Somber Dolores" and the "Belle Dame sans Merci"; for a month was keen on naught else.
From This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
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