sombre

• Cannes was generally regarded as a sombre, downbeat affair, while Venice is widely thought to have plumbed the depths. —  Film | guardian.co.uk
• In it is no hint of the gruesome, or the sombre--even though the Angel of Death is there. —  The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe
• To return was impossible THE CLOUDS Circling the mountains the gray clouds go Heavy with storms as a mother with child Seeking release from their burden of snow With calm slow motion they cross the wild Stately and sombre, they catch and cling To the barren crags of the peaks in the west Weary with waiting, and mad for rest THE GREAT STIKEEN DIVIDE A land of mountains based in hills of fir Empty, lone, and cold. —  The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse
• He says the Doc has more learning than society requires But don't you think his articles give a--a tone to the paper--and I do; a sombre, awful, majestic tone, if you like, but still one that ought to be worth something Sharlee looked sad, and it was one of her best looks Ah, me! —  Queed
• Despite his colouring, his face was somewhat sombre--even stern--when in repose. —  Truxton King A Story of Graustark

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