sombre
Example Sentences
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Easter celebrations are shaping up to be sombre for Christians in the Middle East.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The country's main television channel has this week broadcast songs with sombre melodies and published a photo of Rakhmon on a black background with the quote, "the man of the Sun Dynasty."
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
It has culminated in this – a sombre send-off in Sydney.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
The great smokes had risen and grown thinner, and the last hours of a sombre day were passing; the red glare of Mordor had died away in sullen gloom.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
