Sentence examples for a sombre expression from inspiring English sources

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"It's possible," Shimao said with a sombre expression.

Perhaps the outpouring of grief over the deaths of Neil, Kazumi and Sam Puttick is, in part, a sombre expression of thanks for the same gift.

Davið Oddsson, with swept-back silver-gray hair and a sombre expression, looked, I thought, too censorious, like a Norwegian playwright of the nineteenth century.

With a sombre expression of feeling distinctly absent from his portrait of the woman he had nicknamed "Rosy", Watson concludes that "Rosalind's exemplary courage and integrity were apparent to all when, knowing she was mortally ill, she did not complain but continued working on a high level until a few weeks before her death".

The young leader wore a sombre expression, the BBC's Lucy Williamson reports from Seoul.

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(A moment later, with a more sombre expression, she came up with the right phrase: "That's horrifying").

(A moment later, with a more sombre expression, she came up with the right phrase: "That's horrifying"). But she earned her victory Wednesday night on her own terms.

A sombre look.

With its chiselled features and sombre expression, Klitschko's face could come from a Stalin-era poster extolling the Soviet sporting hero,and his aura of moral grounding and sincerity certainly came across during his boxing career.

When the psychiatrist sternly asked, "So, what happened here?" I tearfully confessed that I'd eaten a Toffee Crisp and the sombre expressions on my friend's faces collapsed into laughter.

Sombre expressions, not celebratory.

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