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
A pale girl, with great large sombrous eyes and compressed lips, meets him, and places her hand in his without a word.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
Time's sombrous tints have every view o'erspread, And thou too, gay seducer, art thou fled?
From The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by White, Henry Kirk
“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 Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
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