At this he looked with sombre intelligence and set it carefully aside.
"They soon lose their perfume," replied the sombre Old Year.
The lowered physiognomy of Mr Verloc expressed a sombre and weary annoyance.
He entered in the clatter of the shop bell with an air of sombre and vexed exhaustion.
His voice was sombre, because he had a correct sentiment of the situation.
A sombre rage possessed them, and gave to their hearts a giant's daring.
I had returned from my adventure on the labour levels in a mood of sombre depression.
I know just what sort of a person he is—sombre and taciturn.
Determined, deadly, sombre, was the look exchanged; then Morris went away.
Grave, dignified, sombre, a laugh made him frantic to ridiculousness.
1760 "gloomy, shadowy" (earlier sombrous, c.1730), from French sombre "dark, gloomy," from Old French sombre (14c.), from an adjective from Late Latin subumbrare "to shadow," from sub "under" (see sub-) + umbra "shade, shadow," perhaps from a suffixed form of PIE *andho- "blind, dark" (see umbrage). Related: Somberly; somberness.
