sombrous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sombrous
Example Sentences
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The state of U.S. amateur tennis has gone from the sombrous to the ludicrous.
From Time Magazine Archive
The skies over Manila Bay are typically sombrous, hazed with diesel pollution.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tess shook her head, brown eyes sombrous with suffering.
From The Secret of the Storm Country by Hitchcock, Lucius W.
Sayst thou that Fancy paints the future scene In hues too sombrous? that the dark-stol'd Maid With stern and frowning front Appals the shuddering soul?
From Poems by Southey, Robert
There was beginning to be felt that deep and sombrous melancholy which might be called anxiety for the absent sun.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
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