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n. - A manner that is serious and solemn; A feeling of melancholy apprehension; A state of partial or total darkness.

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  • The sombreness and the sternness of it appeal to me, but not the sadness.
  • Stofile had only occasionally to remind them of the sombreness of the event.
  • Someone toddles a craft, where sails and eyes and transports bring sombreness.
  • Beyond, the pines stood up against the sky, full of sombreness and inky shadow.
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