Similar words: somber, umbrella, somberly, atom bomb, umbra, embryo, embroil, umbrage. Meaning: adj. 1. grave or even gloomy in character 2. lacking brightness or color; dull.
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31 The killings produced a sombre mood at an anniversary rally in which at least 100,000 people took part.
32 But there was a sombre shadow of familiarity to it and after subjective eons of frustration, intuition struck her.
33 It was a sombre meal in spite of Mark's presence.
34 Benjamin remained locked in the sombre mood which had dogged him since he had witnessed Buckingham's execution.
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35 His voice now carried across the quay to the boat, interfering with the sombre piped music.
36 The interior styling is sombre; apart from the headlining and plush seat facings everything is either dark grey or black.
37 If a painter wishes to paint a sombre portrait, he first covers the canvas entirely with a dull brown colour.
38 Sombre, though with a pacy, filmic sequencing he whipped up the orchestra to a marvellously stylish finale.
39 As their journey continued Ashley waited for her companion's mood to lift, but Vitor remained silent and sombre.
40 They strutted around, sombre and authoritative, clearly in charge of the proceedings.
41 The fizzing guitars were joined by a trumpet and violin, contributing to the sombre mood.
42 Benjamin indicated with meaningful glances at me that this stark, sombre evening was such an appropriate time.
43 A successor to Thoughts after Lambeth would have borne a more sombre message.
44 Their faces slipped through her mind, round faces and long faces, thin, fat, smiling, sombre.
45 Comment on the dollar had been sombre for much of the year in the train of developments the previous autumn.
46 She chose a dark green fitted dress - not quite in mourning, but a sombre colour to match her mood.
47 The procession was one of sombre colours, khaki and air force blue predominating.
48 The sun was shining brightly, but the mood was sombre.
49 He caught the atmosphere of those grey days when the clouds hang low on the hills and the colours are sombre.
50 In sombre silence, wearing black ties, the Calvinist elders walk between the unusually-full pews.
51 Most sombre of all is the tomb over the mass grave of the R-101 victims at Cardington, Bedfordshire.
52 Our clothing became less sombre and much more casual and varied.
53 If the outcome of this sombre, lovingly detailed film is unsurprising, its emotional power is undeniable.
54 She sat erect in her black, sombre and motionless on the bench against the tapestried wall.
55 Sehnsucht has many intimations of Schwanengesang: Fassbaender and Reimann perfectly reflect its sombre mood.
56 After August 1937 the international political setting and Nizan's individual emotional state were bathed in a progressively more sombre hue.
57 The sky was totally obscured by thick, grey cloud, its base no more than 200 feet above the sombre ocean.
58 By using key lines as verbal motifs, Pimlott also turns the play into a sombre meditation on the vanity of power.
59 This was his supreme moment; yet his delicate face and sombre eyes remained impassive, showed no vestige of emotion.
60 On the other hand, a generally ponderously sombre piece may need stimulating by interludes of contrastingly more vital movement.