Sentence examples for tender sombre from inspiring English sources

Without missing a beat, in tender, sombre voice, Rankine recites its opening lines.

But it is the poems addressing war's aftermath that convince, revealing a hopeful dimension to Motion's tender, sombre verse.

** The image shocks us, offends us, twists us inside, and successfully asks to be recognized as sombre and tender.

He had been reading Shakespeare with "eyes which are as tender as young sparrows," particularly noting sombre passages in Measure for Measure and King Lear.

The film is a tender, clear-sighted salute to unsung heroes and also-rans although, crucially, Isaac's sombre, scratchy performance never asks for sympathy.

Intensely sombre.

Looking sombre.

They all looked sombre.

The sombre poet Y.-B Y.-B

He was sombre.

An intriguing, sombre work.