Sentence examples for sombre note from inspiring English sources

The show began on a sombre note.

Her paper ends on a sombre note.

Cameron strikes sombre note before showmanship takes over.

On that sombre note, thanks to all of you.

And on that sombre note, it's time to close up for the evening.

The first afternoon session at Wheaton began on a sombre note.

Sombre notes appeared throughout the ceremony.

But Mr Massey, who is sympathetic to the people he writes about, also sounds some sombre notes.

Just as literary critics noted the uniformly sombre tone of authors on Granta's recent Best of Young American Novelists list, the films in competition this year are an almost unrelievedly depressing lot.

The head coverings add a sombre, serious note, evoking both devotion (monks or nuns) and mourning.

More notable is the way he mixes wide-eyed enthusiasm with sombre, ambivalent notes.