sombre

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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 but powerful, the performance moved some in the early morning audience to tears.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2014

Sombre hints suggest that this vote may come sooner than expected.

From Economist • Jul. 5, 2012

The notes which passed between me and Dyce Sombre, after he left India, were on the ordinary topics of the day, and were destroyed as soon as read.

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William