Sentence examples for has been somber from inspiring English sources

Over the past year, the news has been somber for coaches in hockey.

In the private sessions at Mr. Rowland's residence, the mood has been somber and serious.

The whole state has been somber in recent days, of course, yet this part of New Jersey is far enough from New York that it was spared the calamitous Sept. 11 losses of places like Hoboken; for many young people, and probably for many adults, the anniversary was something to be viewed, respectfully, through a media-saturated haze.

In fact, the general atmosphere in Rome has been somber since Sept. 11 -- and skittish, too, since the United States State Department announced on Sept. 28 that officials had credible information that "symbols of American capitalism" in Italy might be targeted by terrorists.

His tone had been somber, grim even, as he recalled the painful past.

There have been somber shorts ("Cannonball"), action-only compilations with the subprime-mortgage crisis as a backdrop ("A Badlands Adventure") and countless self-produced YouTube videos.

Recent Chinese-language action epics like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" ane "Hero" have been somber, almost operatic, so it is nice that the prolific Mr. Chow has supplied the latest reminder that the martial arts tradition has plenty of room for clowning.

The Jets have been somber for the past week, and cornerback Marcus Coleman said the players didn't just want to help, they also wanted to show support for quarterback Vinny Testaverde, a native New Yorker, who has been particularly eloquent about his grief.

But there has been a somber undertone.

The Baylor family has been rather somber about this.

But this season the mood has been unusually somber.