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or sombre
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as in darkened
being without light or without much light
the prison's somber interrogation room has the desired effect of striking fear and despair into the prisoner
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as in solemn
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
the somber occasion of a dear friend's funeral
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This somber translation of the Lonergans’ ordeal sticks the audience squarely within the couple’s unenviable experience.
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Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
After a break a somber Phillip came back, facing the camera, and apologized to viewers.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
The Great Impersonator is Halsey's most somber effort and also their most sprawling.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
The audio design also feels anachronistically modern compared to the graphics, with a heavy orchestral score that slips from eerily somber to relentlessly heart pounding.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
After a break a somber Phillip came back, facing the camera, and apologized to viewers.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
The Great Impersonator is Halsey's most somber effort and also their most sprawling.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
The audio design also feels anachronistically modern compared to the graphics, with a heavy orchestral score that slips from eerily somber to relentlessly heart pounding.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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Their presence is solemn and, at the same time, festive, an echo of past times that rings with each step.Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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But the parents recognize their son has had a more solemn tangible legacy too — by helping strangers with his organ donations.Brian Brant, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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The actor playing Brack was Leo Reuss, the cast’s sole Jewish member, a handsome man with a sculpted jaw and dark eyes.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Following the Foo Fighters frontman's Sept. 10 post, Violet appeared to deactivate her Instagram account, before returning to post a carousel of images, including a dark photo of a building, an image of a gig and a selfie showing the teenager with black hair.Becca Longmire, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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In the hands of Nelson, the song — with atmospheric, funereal production and Willie’s tearjerker vocals — becomes autobiographical.Andrew Kirell, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Streetlights were painted over in a funereal blue color to thwart air raids.Sam Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2015
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But the origins of proto-cuneiform’s emergence have been murky, and many of its symbols remain undeciphered.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Three weeks before the general election, the political climate is murky and filled with more and more inflammatory rhetoric.Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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As a lonely nerd in a suburb, there was something about the way that there were pop-cultural objects, at the last possible time when there was analog technology, that really wove into the fabric of your soul.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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But breaking that ground was an often lonely endeavor for a Black artist in mid-century Hollywood.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Maybe not the question to ask a Canadian, but could sad smoke breaks bring America together today?Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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One of Jones’ most famous productions stands as his top-selling title in this sad moment, but it’s not credited to him as an artist.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Somber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somber. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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