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
Barraza peers down at a sea of thousands of mourners carrying candles and Pride flags in mid-November, a somberness painted on his normally animated face.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024
But some somberness was in the air, too.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2023
In Shostakovich’s earthier sonata, the somberness competes with the grotesque.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 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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