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Definition of Somberer
1. somber [adj] - See also: somber
Lexicographical Neighbors of Somberer
Literary usage of Somberer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"... spotted breasts; Baltimore orioles made dots of brilliant orange and glossy
black in the higher branches; cat birds, of somberer hue but no less active ..."
2. Appletons' Journal (1879)
"Soon, therefore, things assumed a more decided aspect, which rapidly changed into
a somberer hue of tragic import. IX. AFTER the dissolution of the ..."
3. Music: Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music (1893)
"... plan a murder, or meet death, in singing', As our feelings become more earnest,
as our passions rise to a higher pitch or sink in somberer depths, ..."
4. Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee by Bromfield Lewis Ridley (1906)
"The waning day was ominous of something somberer than the dusk. It was the world-
old, world-wide pathos of a young girl's love. ..."
5. A History of Muhlenberg County by Otto Arthur Rothert (1913)
"It is better to forget the exquisite pleasure of such bright days in the dim
light of the somberer and quieter ones that came later. The road, at one point, ..."
6. The Papers of Pastor Felix by Arthur John Lockhart (1903)
"There the poplar clapped and rustled its myriad silver leaves, and made a joyous
melody ; while on its bluff stood the somberer oak ..."
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