Sentence examples for marks a sombre from inspiring English sources

This Tuesday, 17 January, marks a sombre centenary.

Writing from Afghanistan in the Sun on Sunday, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said today marks a "sombre and poignant" moment for the 12 year long military operations in the country, where 446 British troops have died.

Normally a beefy bundle of exchange rate fun, this year it is marking a sombre anniversary: five years since global money-markets seized up in the summer of 2007.

Ukrainians in Kiev have marked a sombre International Women's Day with flowers and candles laid in Independence Square for the 'Heavenly Hundred' - those who lost their lives in city's protests.

The channel also quietly passed the three-season mark with a sombre remake of BBC4 hospital comedy Getting On.

A SOMBRE government ceremony this week marked the 40th anniversary of the coup by General Augusto Pinochet that toppled the chaotic Socialist government of Salvador Allende, unleashing political repression and, eventually, economic recovery.

But his televised address on March 20th, marking Iran's new year, sounded like a sombre valedictory.

Earlier the sound of Big Ben striking 145pm marked the end of a minute's silence among a sombre but determined crowd.

Last Friday, Tim Cook issued a sombre remembrance to Apple employees: Team- Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of Steve's death.

Or go to the church of Santa Maria della Salute, whose interior is the grandest and most dwarfing enclosed space in Venice, a sombre manifestation of divine mystery built to mark a devastating 17th-century plague.

Despite the titular exclamation mark, it was their most mature record to date, opening with a sombre piano instrumental, and taking melodic flights of fancy on the hit single Blue Savannah.