sombrous

Examples from the Web for sombrous

• It was a sombre morning; a heavy greyness of sky painted the eternal forest tops of a sombrous mourning colour.

  In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria|Henry Morton Stanley

• I would willingly remain behind these “sombrous walls” for the rest of my life for this chance.

  Within Prison Walls|Thomas Mott Osborne

• So he took his leave and returned home again; but his thoughts were sad and sombrous because of the refusal he had met with.

  Tales from the Old French|Various

• There was beginning to be felt that deep and sombrous melancholy which might be called anxiety for the absent sun.

  The Man Who Laughs|Victor Hugo