sombrous

Historical Examples

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Time's sombrous tints have every view o'erspread, And thou too, gay seducer, art thou fled?

  The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White

  Henry Kirke White