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.
