The phrase "a somber shadow" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a feeling of gloom or sadness that is metaphorically represented as a shadow.
Example: "The news of her passing cast a somber shadow over the entire community."
Alternatives: "a gloomy presence" or "a dark cloud."
Moscow's violation of the missile standstill along the Suez Canal has thrown a somber shadow across all aspects of Soviet‐American relations.
Glass from his blown-out windows crunched underfoot and the plywood now covering the windows cast a somber shadow across a space once aglow with sunlight.
The same effect was clear in record sales, with big gains for Adele, the night's champion, and for Whitney Houston, the pop goddess whose death the day before cast a somber shadow over the ceremony.
Still, neither his tropical plants nor his radical palette nor his neo-Gothic chairs (which cast a somber shadow onto the scene) could completely exorcise the ambience of a dull workplace or overcome the low ceilings and neon lights.
Cox's death sent shock waves through Britain, casting a somber shadow on the country's upcoming EU referendum on Thursday, and forcing harsh questions on the dark direction the Brexit debate has taken.
PARK CITY, Utah ― The premiere of a searing four-hour documentary about Michael Jackson's history of alleged sexual abuse cast a somber shadow at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.
It starts in one mode, with a prologue of speed and quick cuts, then shifts into a style of somber shadows for a passacaglia.
And yet, almost a decade after the cataclysm, it can still strike a reader as portentous or premature when the somber shadow of that day falls across the pages of contemporary fiction.
The awards were cast in the somber shadow of Whitney Houston's death Saturday afternoon.
That sad golden afternoon light that every Southwesterner knows to be a mixed blessing imbues Tucson with a sweet vitality absent in Las Vegas, a city that bows beneath the weight of its own somber shadows until the next sundown.
Mr. Winther is a musical-theater singer, not a jazz singer, and there was a brassy, showy aspect to a few songs that felt strange given the story's somber, shadow-world context.
