Sentence examples for somber purpose from inspiring English sources

Verbatim-theater hits like "The Laramie Project" and "The Exonerated" use similar techniques but to more somber purpose.

But the visit isn't just a friendly attempt to reconnect: the amiable demeanor of the gay, heavily tattooed Frank hides a more somber purpose.

Air New Zealand is also using its Facebook presence for a decidedly more somber purpose — to lend support in the response to the February earthquake in Christchurch, with an estimated death toll of around 180.

Mr. Romney's four-minute speech, which he delivered with somber purpose, showed a side of him rarely seen in the day-to-day blood sport of politics — that of an elder in his church, who is experienced as a comforter and counselor.

But its somber purpose, as a way station for remembrances of 9/11, is ending.

Aside from the somber purpose of the event, the atmosphere at the rally in Washington was upbeat.

Will Lanting be able to find all those ecosystems and animals in 20 years?" Cattaneo's somber comment illustrates one of the deeper purposes of an event like the Genoa Science Festival.

These somber calculations had, of course, a single, thinly disguised purpose, which was to stall, until some other solution emerged.

Still somber.

Somber viewings.

Its mood is somber.