sombre

Example Sentences

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It's a sombre moment for Silicon Valley and the implications are global.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

A minute's silence at 10:00 brought Kyiv to a halt on a sombre day for Ukraine, though on on which a sense of solidarity was palpable.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

But the usual party atmosphere surrounding the races has given way to a more muted event and sombre tributes, exactly a month after the January 1 inferno at the bar Le Constellation.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

"It will be a very sombre celebration… deeply sad and sorrowful but it will also acknowledge their heritage and their culture."

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

I drew them large; I shaped them well: the eyelashes I traced long and sombre; the irids lustrous and large.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë