- a variation of somber.
sombre
Example Sentences
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Sombre and haunting, it builds from a staccato cello line to a spectral, almost transcendental, swell of strings and voices.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2021
For “V2,” Wareham and Chris Porpora, who performs as Cheval Sombre, teamed to cover 10 great songs.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2018
Sombre statements arrived from all sorts of people who loved him, and it wasn’t just his friends who seemed to feel, somehow, that he loved them, too.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 6, 2016
Sombre hints suggest that this vote may come sooner than expected.
From Economist • Jul. 5, 2012
Sombre and gloomy though it was, around its edge lay the favourite scouting-ground of Richard Darke.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne
