somberness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Manville has the rare opportunity as an actor to make something spectacular out of sheer, inexorable somberness.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024
“The Elephant Man” resembles the disturbing somberness of Lynch’s 1977 film “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
In Shostakovich’s earthier sonata, the somberness competes with the grotesque.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
His bright Hawaiian shirt mocks the somberness of the day.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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