somberly
IPA: sˈɑmbɝɫi
adverb
- (American spelling) In a somber manner.
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Examples of "somberly" in Sentences
- Look upon it somberly for a few moments.
- Everyone in dark colors, everyone dressed somberly.
- “Melanie has a sore throat,” he announced somberly.
- And yet everybody somberly proclaims it's not psychological.
- Join the line of viewers and view the body silently and somberly.
- The second, to somberly eulogize veteran news journalist David Broder.
- The Five of Cups depicted a man staring somberly at spilled chalices of wine.
- Still, he somberly concluded, “I have no doubt the reception in the Arab world will be bad.”
- Cut to Blair posing somberly for paparazzi pictures with her prince as they jet-set to Bali.
- After the service, the names of the nearly 3,000 victims from that Tuesday morning are somberly read one by one.
- Ned is brought out of his dungeon onto public display at a sacred temple, where he somberly confesses his plot to murder the new king and seize the throne for himself.
- Comparing Japan's fiscal situation to the European debt crisis, "We must face this difficult decision as a responsible governing party," Mr. Noda somberly told his party members.
- But, he somberly added, Even as we speak this day of our hopes and strivings for peace and justice in the world, we know that there persists real and present danger to that peace.
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