Sentence examples for rather sombre from inspiring English sources

On the whole, though, it's a rather sombre tale.

Bacon's first Crucifixion uses a rather sombre and restrained palette, mostly black and grey.

Take the rather sombre trailer for the upcoming, long-awaited film adaptation of Les Misérables, for example.

Instead, this is a thoughtful, rather sombre look at the death of desire, sacrificed on the altar of comfort.

THE rather sombre house choir and band of the Kunming Forced Detoxification and Rehabilitation Centre doesn't quite strike the chord with its rendition of the "Ode to Joy".

On top of that, he has an active, and rather sombre, fantasy life and likes to hint at a classified military past.

In the minor-key Allegretto, counterpoint was transparent, each line supple rather than sombre or onerous.

Comedian Phil Kay's on-stage antics have been shocking audiences in a rather less sombre fashion.

However, five months on, as Tesco prepares for its annual meeting and Lewis approaches the first anniversary of his appointment, the mood is rather more sombre.

Without the food metaphor the tension drops somewhat, leaving something rather more sombre, although the mood is revived by a postprandial encounter in a coffee house.

How to strike that balance is a debate played out, in rather less sombre circumstances, at virtually every race during a grand prix season.