sombrous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sombrous
Example Sentences
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The skies over Manila Bay are typically sombrous, hazed with diesel pollution.
From Time Magazine Archive
The state of U.S. amateur tennis has gone from the sombrous to the ludicrous.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still silent sat the rowers, uttering no words, speechless as shadows; while the canoe cleft the murky-faced river, glided swiftly under the nodding reeds and sombrous mangrove, and halted not for frog or crocodile.
From My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Am I turn'd coward, that my tottering knees Knock as I tread the pavement?—'Tis the place; The sombrous horror of these long-drawn aisles.
From The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Robert Jephson
“The forest looks sombrous and dark, my son, because night approaches,” said Amer, tenderly.
From My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
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