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 Chillon, with its grey walls and heavy towers, mirrored itself in the clear water; but still nearer lay the little island, with its three acacias, and it looked like a bouquet on the lake.

From The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. by Fuller, Fanny