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

"When I came last time and went back to the hotel for breakfast it was so sombre and quiet," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

In the Soviet Union, sombre music was often broadcast when leaders fell ill or died.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 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

Overhead there hung a heavy roof, sombre and featureless, and light seemed rather to be failing than growing.'

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien