Sentence examples for sombre day from inspiring English sources

It was a sombre day at the wall.

Not entirely sure, Sarah, but this report on today's Shield match between Queensland and South Australia might shed some light: "On a sombre day, players from both sides wore black armbands in honour of 11-year-old Luke Batty, who died after being bashed by his mentally ill father following a cricket training session in the Victorian town of Tyabb, southeast of Melbourne, on Wednesday night".

It was a sombre day for the home side following the news of the passing of Academy director Damian D'Oliveira.

"A sombre day; His Majesty & I received the bodies of 3 courageous Jordanian peacekeepers killed in Haiti.

As he skulked off to the back of the room, the mood on set became sombre – the day was taking its toll on all of us.

What I understand is that he got a phone call and was a little bit sombre on Sunday afternoon for a while.

Skilfully told in narrative ellipses and nocturnal interiors, this sombre, modern-day noir sees Lindon dragged into nasty family business, and pitted against a wealthy tycoon.

Its telephone line played sombre music all day – an official day of mourning in France – and a policewoman said that Merabet's colleagues were "very sad" at his passing.

Early the next year, Lowell had harnessed his dismay into a restrained and sombre poem, "Inauguration Day: January 1953," which was published in its final form at the end of the year in the Partisan Review.

Episodes that ended on a particularly sombre tone, such as "Monday-Tuesday" and "Yesterday's News", used only appropriately sombre music to accompany the end credits.

Federal parliament will begin on a sombre note on Monday as MPs and senators pause to remember the late prime minister Malcolm Fraser.