somber
adjective
gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted.
somberly
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a word derived from
somber.
Example Sentences
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TEL AVIV—Yael Adar sat somberly with other relatives of dead hostages in Israel’s parliament where President Trump spoke on Monday, when the last 20 living Gaza captives were returned to Israel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Well, three weeks ago feels like a parallel universe for those somberly returning home from across the continent.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
When I first started doing this work via Streets for All in 2019, we used to somberly state that a pedestrian is killed once every three days in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
Congregants somberly talked about the war as they gathered in the lobby.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
In a New Zealand television interview following the expedition, Hall somberly described how he took their favorite climbing rope and lowered Ball’s body into the depths of the glacier.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
