Sentence examples for somber silent from inspiring English sources

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They exchanged somber, silent glances, aware that their fate was already somehow tied together, but each in a private shroud of misery.

In the opening scene in the Palace of Westminster, in which Elisabet holds court in full regal flamboyance, Maria sits in somber, silent vigil at the edge of the stage.

The questions dogged a haggard Secretary General Kofi Annan from Stockholm to the doors of the United Nations headquarters building in New York, where he met with the Security Council and rose with them in a somber, silent vigil to the victims of the bloodiest attack ever on a civilian United Nations mission.

It was a somber, silent vigil with everyone in the room feeling a sadness and some wept in the room.

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The streets are somber and silent, as if we are watching a televised funeral.

Her images tend to be silent, somber, rich depictions of a swamp, betraying no evidence that humans ever had troubled the territory.

Instead of the silent, somber tone found in just about every postgame clubhouse, the Twins' stereo thumped as the players dressed.

Case in point: the day The Seattle Times reported that Bradley left the ballpark after being benched this month, the Mariners cleared their silent, somber clubhouse at 4 p.m. for him to address his teammates.

The bus ride home, unlike the usual pandemonium on a fully packed public school bus, was very somber and mostly silent.

Dignitaries from across the region were silent, even somber, as the presidents strode into the hall.

The women left the meeting just after midnight, silent and somber faced.

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