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 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
With the economy in rough shape, Barack’s team was constantly guarding against any image coming out of the White House that might be seen as frivolous or light, given the somberness of the times.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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