somberly
Example Sentences
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Mr. Fehrman somberly traces the fortunes of the corps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Well, three weeks ago feels like a parallel universe for those somberly returning home from across the continent.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025
When I first started doing this work via Streets for All in 2019, we used to somberly state that a pedestrian is killed once every three days in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024
Bogdanovic stood somberly alongside his teammates as a moment of silence was observed before the game at State Farm Arena.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024
In a New Zealand television interview following the expedition, Hall somberly described how he took their favorite climbing rope and lowered Ball’s body into the depths of the glacier.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing somberly
Walk Two Moons
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Just Mercy
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Aru Shah and the End of Time
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