Voorbeelden van sombre

• Areas informs me that the king has just descended to the sombre shores.

• There are, of course, sombre lessons to be learned from these pages.

• It is remarkably poignant, sombre yet comforting, evocative of distant associations, yet not too explicit.

• Older people were instructed to behave in a dignified, sombre manner.

• What is intended to be a sombre expression may well provoke laughter among readers.

• Its patriotism was now more sombre and reflective, and tinged by class.

• The remaining players offer sombre chords, which cast occasional shadows across the cello line.

• Comic talents are seldom, if ever, given as much weight as merely sombre ones.