sombrely
- a word derived from sombre.
Example Sentences
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Clad in a black leather coat, Kim Jong Un stood sombrely beneath a large red banner emblazoned with an image of his father, but was not shown speaking.
From Reuters • Dec. 17, 2021
“May Boris and Britain get through this battle,” intoned Charles Moore sombrely in the Telegraph.
From The Guardian • May 16, 2020
Only after sombrely slaughtering her beloved oinkers and turning them into sausages does she truly understand that each pig is “an intelligent, sentient, unique animal, but an animal, nonetheless”.
From Economist • Jul. 27, 2017
During a rare moment when he is not obscuring his voice or modulating it to outlandish glam-rock effect, he speaks sombrely and directly.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2016
She looked at me sombrely: “Feed him; he is hungry. Take the rupee you will find in my sari.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
