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or sombre
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as in darkened
being without light or without much light
the prison's somber interrogation room has the desired effect of striking fear and despair into the prisoner
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as in solemn
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
the somber occasion of a dear friend's funeral
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Recent Examples of somber
This somber translation of the Lonergans’ ordeal sticks the audience squarely within the couple’s unenviable experience.
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Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
After a break a somber Phillip came back, facing the camera, and apologized to viewers.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
The Great Impersonator is Halsey's most somber effort and also their most sprawling.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
The audio design also feels anachronistically modern compared to the graphics, with a heavy orchestral score that slips from eerily somber to relentlessly heart pounding.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
After a break a somber Phillip came back, facing the camera, and apologized to viewers.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
The Great Impersonator is Halsey's most somber effort and also their most sprawling.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
The audio design also feels anachronistically modern compared to the graphics, with a heavy orchestral score that slips from eerily somber to relentlessly heart pounding.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for somber
Recent Examples of Synonyms for somber
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The announcement was made earlier this month at a solemn ceremony at Department headquarters in Brooklyn to honor the lives lost.Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
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Their presence is solemn and, at the same time, festive, an echo of past times that rings with each step.Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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Black eyes, dark hair, Han is blocking the exit, standing with his hands on his hips, like a big fat X.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sean getting beaten up at the end of the last episode was a dark moment, but Shrinking never lets a story stay serious for very long.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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In the hands of Nelson, the song — with atmospheric, funereal production and Willie’s tearjerker vocals — becomes autobiographical.Andrew Kirell, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Streetlights were painted over in a funereal blue color to thwart air raids.Sam Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2015
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But the origins of proto-cuneiform’s emergence have been murky, and many of its symbols remain undeciphered.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Three weeks before the general election, the political climate is murky and filled with more and more inflammatory rhetoric.Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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As a lonely nerd in a suburb, there was something about the way that there were pop-cultural objects, at the last possible time when there was analog technology, that really wove into the fabric of your soul.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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In other words, being Black and secular can be a lonely existence.Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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After a few training montages and a brief interview with facility manager Didi (Stephanie Beatriz), Charles moves into Pacific View to begin the process of meeting the staff and fellow residents, who are variously enthusiastic and sad, bored and over-programmed, lonely and horny.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
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Last year, Ficklin was feeling a little sad and anxious about moving out of her family’s home of 23 years.Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Somber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somber. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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