For his picture does remain sombre, since for him the nature of man is wounded, if not corrupted. From Wordnik.com. [François Mauriac - Banquet Speech] Reference
But several depict Obama alone, his expression sombre, even weary. From Wordnik.com. [Barack Obama's down but not out] Reference
But then, the atmosphere at The GRV last night could only be described as sombre, so it's fair to say that an off night was had by all. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He crossed over to the piano, and peered up at her with a kind of sombre malice. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
And sink in sombre shade. From Wordnik.com. [Lines written after reading an account of the Late Battle] Reference
UPDATE - Jonny B is in sombre mood. From Wordnik.com. [Fight Of The Day ...] Reference
I meditated on this with a kind of sombre ferocity. From Wordnik.com. [A Romance of Two Worlds] Reference
"Michael Angelo," said Gertie Sumners, with a kind of sombre triumph. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark House] Reference
The massive face was all aglow, transformed, with a kind of sombre fire. From Wordnik.com. [Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I] Reference
The details of the LCI told a "sombre" story, the Westpac economists said. From Wordnik.com. [New Zealand Herald - Top Stories] Reference
Year 4 pupil, said there was a "sombre" mood around the school after the news broke. From Wordnik.com. [Peterborough Today - News Feed] Reference
Nicole Brady seems to criticize ABCs "sombre" mood and applaud Nine's "vibrant, entertaining" coverage. From Wordnik.com. [The Age News Headlines] Reference
At this moment, however, George, looking up, saw that his companion was in some way moved by a kind of sombre and personal emotion. From Wordnik.com. [Sir George Tressady — Volume I] Reference
The fact is, the "sombre" message (as it is being officially endorsed. From Wordnik.com. [Shirin Sadeghi: Ahmadinejad's Alternative to the Queen's Christmas Message] Reference
"Will you tell me," he said, with a kind of sombre gentleness, "what the word is that you would have used then?. From Wordnik.com. [The Market-Place] Reference
Lactantius, in a sombre voice; "tighten his bonds.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He repeated, with sombre softness, that he loved her. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She said not a word, her teeth were set, her face was sombre. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
After they had taken fifty steps, he stopped before a sombre alley. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It was a large and lofty apartment, draped and furnished in sombre tints. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In the moments before the fight, the mood in the dressing room was sombre. From Wordnik.com. [Ricky Hatton's love of the high life sent him crashing back to earth] Reference
"Garth," she came a step nearer to him and her sombre eyes blazed into his. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
His common features assumed an air of sombre dignity and imposing grandeur. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A Spanish officer, enveloped in his brown cloak, watched them with a sombre air. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
When he had exhausted his pretty madrigals, M. Schmoll became sombre and pitiful. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Little by little, my thoughts mounted and became more sombre, until I recoiled in terror. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There the cemetery garden made a small, sombre spot near which she divined the Via Alfieri. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Her sombre eyes were shadowed and sad, and there was a pinched, drawn look about her nostrils. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
He was looking at her with that sort of sombre and violent joy which she had often observed in him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
As he said this he seated himself near the tent, and the boys looked around with sad and sombre faces. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
When Sarah announced to the world that oil had spilt into the Gulf of Mexico, she wore a sombre expression. From Wordnik.com. [Amoco Cadiz] Reference
Heavy lines had graved themselves about his mouth, and beneath drawn brows his eyes glowed like sombre fires. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
She came a little closer to him, laying her hand on his arm, while her great, sombre eyes silently entreated him. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Violent and sombre, in the horror of his present strength and of his coming fall, he stunned them with his anger and his contempt. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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