Somberness

The black hollow of its disused portal looked out from shadows which acquired some of their somberness from the tragic memories connected with its empty void. ❋ Unknown (1903)

Life might easily come to be sober to somberness, which is a thing unwholesome and undesirable. ❋ Unknown (1892)

"This Life is a Mist," the first track, starts the album off in a very mellow and transcending mood while evoking emotions of somberness, which is distinctly used to create an uprising of emotion throughout the rest of the album. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Suddenly the dreamseller put aside his somberness, changed to a more pleasant tone and climbed on top of an armchair beside him and called out: ❋ Augusto Cury (2011)

He likened the mood of the waterfront park to visiting Pearl Harbor, where he was struck by the location's somberness. ❋ Laura Raskin (2011)

There was a mix of somberness of and celebration near Ground Zero, where a new tower is rapidly becoming part of the city's skyline. ❋ Laura Meckler (2011)

Like the set's jet-black New York City skyline, looming behind candy-colored, graffiti-textured rooms and streets, a strain of somberness runs through "Locomotion," the moving and extraordinarily well-acted children's production at the Kennedy Center Family Theater. ❋ Celia Wren (2010)

As 2011 comes to an end, I feel a somberness lying heavy on the world. ❋ Nancy Chuda (2011)

Occasional shafts of sunlight, penetrating the deep shade, warmed the somberness of the grove. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Kimbell's silvery light allows us to see the somberness up close. ❋ Willard Spiegelman (2011)

“This is where I reside now,” Charles said with a touch of somberness. ❋ James A. Owen (2010)

Mother had talked and smiled, but her usual somberness was never far away. ❋ Karen Hawkins (2010)

The knowledge of his mortality certainly added something, a somberness to that novel lacking in his earlier fiction, some of which (I hate to admit as a devoted Abbeyite since junior high) was sort of workmanlike. ❋ Dave Hurteau (2008)

His statements exemplify the mix of somberness and joy on this team. ❋ Unknown (2008)