Sentence examples for a sombre view from inspiring English sources

Four years ago, the FBI took a sombre view of the threat to American civilian and military personnel serving in….

Four years ago, the FBI took a sombre view of the threat to American civilian and military personnel serving in Europe & the Middle East but judged the US all but invulnerable to Middle East terrorists.

His book about those days is "The Hole in the Flag: an Exile's Story of Return and Revolution".He takes a sombre view of the country's progress since then:[Romania's] communist legacy didn't end with the assassination of the Ceaușescus by their inner circle.

It is something like Allen's exuberant last hurrah as a topflight tummler, but it's much more: a comedy about death, about an old man contemplating his own death — as well as a sombre view of an old man's relationship with a young person and the self-sacrifice it will demand of the man if the young person is going to get anything out of it.

If the US can do that against a negative fiscal thrust, it makes you think next year is going to be a better year … even a fairly sombre view of the economic perspective in the UK should see us growing faster than the Office of Budget Responsibility suggests".

But plenty of other diplomats and generals (including the head of Britain's army) have taken a more sombre view.

"The Lives of Others" (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006): A sombre, heartbreaking view of artistic life in the East German police state in 1984.

His sombre view of history explains why he tries to block pork of any kind.

This relatively sombre view seemed to be confirmed by the unexpectedly poor industrial production numbers for August released on October 10th.India may not have escaped the global contagion, but it's not all bad news.

With harrowing tales of rape, police brutality and social stigma, it made for sombre viewing.

By Rolfe Humphries The New Yorker, January 31 , 1948P. 30 Against, a sombre background, blue as midnight, View Article By Jelani Cobb By David Remnick By Jia Tolentino By Masha Gessen.