sombre

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Twelve months ago the mood around Ulster was much more sombre than it has been in recent months.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The meetings of finance ministers such as the G20 breakfast were sombre affairs.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 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

Here Strider turned aside, and soon they were lost in a sombre country of dark trees winding among the feet of sullen hills.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien