sombreness

Examples of sombre

sombre
Areas informs me that the king has just descended to the sombre shores.
There are, of course, sombre lessons to be learned from these pages.
It is remarkably poignant, sombre yet comforting, evocative of distant associations, yet not too explicit.
Older people were instructed to behave in a dignified, sombre manner.
What is intended to be a sombre expression may well provoke laughter among readers.
Its patriotism was now more sombre and reflective, and tinged by class.
The remaining players offer sombre chords, which cast occasional shadows across the cello line.
Comic talents are seldom, if ever, given as much weight as merely sombre ones.
A sombre sky illuminated by lightning announces the beginning of the deluge.
The resonance felt in between the chord clusters evokes a sombre sense of silence and stillness, emanating from the lingering harmonies.
But overall, this is a sympathetic (if ultimately rather sombre), insider's treatment, containing a mine of information.
Her epilogue, again with the modern visitor realising the implacable nature of the weather, completes the narrative on a sombre note.
Then comes the meat of the subject and finally a sombre look into the past and predictions for the future.
Spouses, relatives and friends all begin to die off and some elderly survivors take a sombre glee in totting up the score.
A denuded orchestral palette, with rattling percussion and sombre woodwind lines, is supported by an austere, pianissimo chord.
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