How to Use somber in a Sentence

somber

adjective

• The movie is a somber portrait of life on the streets.
• He wore a somber suit.
• Her death put us in a somber mood.
• The mood was somewhat somber despite the size of the crowd.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
• What appealed to you on the more somber side of things?
  — New York Times, 5 Jan. 2022
• God of War opens on a somber note that sets the tone for the game.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 12 Apr. 2018
• The shooting has cast a somber tone over the final days and weeks of the school year.
  — New York Times, 25 May 2022
• The crowd grew silent at the sight and the Fox broadcast crew was somber.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• Then, of course, there are the somber ties to mourning and plague.
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ, 10 June 2021
• Bailey said the mood in the postgame locker room was somber.
  — Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2018
• The other half is somber and still, amid a sea of black clothes.
  — Bloomberg.com, 30 Jan. 2018
• His speech was a good one, somber and hard to listen to.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 7 Dec. 2017
• The somber tune featured in the second episode of season two.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
• It has been said that the song unified and energized the somber crowd.
  — Calum Trenaman, CNN, 19 June 2020
• The mood in the postgame visiting locker room was somber.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
• The mood was somber, as the whole nation mourned the death of their sovereign.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2019
• Moments later, the somber ballad was named song of the year.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 July 2019
• The change from search and rescue to recovery was somber.
  — Terry Spencer, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2021
• The mood is somber, but the adults trade smiles and laughs and reminiscences.
  — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• After the somber drip and drop of morning rain, a curtain seemed to rise.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
• Williams was one of the first players to bolt from a somber Saints locker room.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2020
• This is all to set the scene and give context to what a somber and serious event this was.
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 1 Aug. 2021
• Still, the visuals served as a somber moment of pause on a heavy day.
  — Rashika Jaipuriar, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Sep. 2021
• The piece will highlight the somber, dark times of the war, as well as heroic moments.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
• The space falls just the right side of sparse, somber and low-lit with deep cobalt walls and high ceilings.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Mar. 2021
• Who says a working wardrobe need be restricted to somber shades of black and gray?
  — Alice Bell, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2017
• The series is a solid cop show that leans dark, gritty and somber.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2020
• The players made available postgame by Zoom were somber.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 20 Sep. 2020
• Spring and summer bring much needed respite from the cold, somber days of winter.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 17 Apr. 2019
• The story takes a somber turn, but there’s more to mine in these dynamics.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024