somberness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for somberness
Noun
  • Others predicted the federal government will remain a major employer locally and cautioned against premature doom and gloom.
    Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Shear acquits himself well with Sam’s starstruck regard of this famous and beautiful creature who’s inexplicably taken an interest in him, and then with his gloom when things go sour.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness during this stretch and get to see Earth against the blackness of space.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Vega, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, shone above the horizon, brilliant against the blackness.
    Nicholas J. R. White Kat Hill, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Both try to exercise in semidarkness.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
  • She [Daria] looks at me and smiles in the semidarkness, a calm, shy smile, full of love.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2021
Noun
  • But af Klint might have just as easily faded into obscurity, her work forgotten, her spiritual messages dismissed as a crank’s.
    Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Content demonstrating clear expertise and authority • Fast-loading pages without intrusive pop-ups or restricted access Websites meeting these criteria are far more likely to capture AI's attention, while those that don't risk fading into obscurity.
    Guy Leon Sheetrit, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Somberness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somberness. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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