somberness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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While Leigh plays some of Pansy’s frustrations for laughs, even the funniest of her complaints have a deep somberness embedded into their core.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025
“The Elephant Man” resembles the disturbing somberness of 1977’s “Eraserhead.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023
The appeal of the darkness and remote somberness, so arresting at first, dissipated — as did the varnish on the relationships, fractured and not, that Abraham created onstage.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
Amid the somberness, the filmmaker offers David an unspoken acceptance, an imperfect sense of community where others like him try to reconcile their personal truth with their divine beliefs.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2021
A somberness darkened his voice and regard—the mysteries of Weep, writ on its own hero’s face.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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