Sentence example with the word 'somber'

somber

Quaker-colored, cloudy, dim, evil, gray-brown, ill-fated, mellow, pearl, slaty, straight-faced, untoward

Definition adj. lacking brightness or color

Last update: August 29, 2015


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Slowly the shadows darkened over the long, somber face of the old house.   [adjective]

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On a more somber note, Victorians used to plant Primroses on the graves of small children (Flora Britannica by Richard Mabey).   [adjective]

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Then, throwing their pieces to a low trail, like sportsmen in readiness for their game, they dashed forward, and were soon buried in the somber darkness of the forest.   [adjective]

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Still the clear fountain retained a portion of its charmed influence, but it reflected only the somber gloom that fell from the impending heavens.   [adjective]

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To the imagination of the majority of adults sin is dressed in glittering colors and virtue in gray, somber garments.   [adjective]

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But beneath the slope, by the cart with the wounded near the panting little nag where Pierre stood, it was damp, somber, and sad.   [adjective]

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Thou dreamest that thou art wise because thou couldst utter those blasphemous words," he went on, with a somber and scornful smile."   [adjective]

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All the tearing emotion of the last few hours seemed to fall away from her like a somber, uncomfortable garment, which she had but to loosen to be rid of.   [adjective]

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