Sentence examples for a sombre side from inspiring English sources
Good boards are still shaped by hand in small numbers rather than pressed out of moulds on a production line.There is a sombre side to surfing's progress: Mr Scott Moore argues that surfers were largely responsible for turning Kuta, on the Indonesian island of Bali, from a quiet village to the neon eyesore that Islamic fundamentalists bombed in 2002.
But even then, Hadlow suggests, portraits hinted at a more sombre side, a wary, self-contained air and steely determination.
All in all, though, Foxfire is an intriguing attempt to channel the more sombre side of Fifties US cinema (shades of Nicholas Ray and Elia Kazan).
It was a sombre day for the home side following the news of the passing of Academy director Damian D'Oliveira.
Not entirely sure, Sarah, but this report on today's Shield match between Queensland and South Australia might shed some light: "On a sombre day, players from both sides wore black armbands in honour of 11-year-old Luke Batty, who died after being bashed by his mentally ill father following a cricket training session in the Victorian town of Tyabb, southeast of Melbourne, on Wednesday night".
Incoming visitors often face a sombre reception at passport control in the United States.
"But it will outlive us all," a sombrely dressed representative said in a sombre consultation room.
On the other side, 15 Israeli soldiers had been injured, five from Palestinian gunshots.The al-Nakba anniversary always casts a sombre pall over Palestinians, wherever they are.
It was a sombre homecoming.
