Sentence examples for sombre statement from inspiring English sources

In a sombre statement to the Commons, David Cameron apologised on behalf of the British state.

In a sombre statement, Vaz said he was "genuinely sorry" that he could not continue in the role.

The G8 leaders stood together in a sombre line as the statement was read, with George Bush and Jacques Chirac, the US and French presidents, flanking Mr Blair.

Philip Hammond's first and last autumn statement was a sombre affair.

He appealed to the Mandela family to dig deep to find the grace that their patriarch and the nation deserved at this sombre moment, according to a statement from the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation.

1210 A sombre Tony Blair has just issued a brief statement from Gleneagles.

The atmosphere was muted, sombre, until he came out with another shocking statement, this man held to have successfully manipulated all around him for so many years.

Intensely sombre.

Looking sombre.

They all looked sombre.

The sombre poet Y.-B Y.-B