Get to know Sombre better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like somber or melancholy.
Sombre meaning
- Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
- Dull or dark in colour or brightness.
- Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
Synonyms of Sombre
Using Sombre
- The main meaning on this page is: Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit. | Dull or dark in colour or brightness. | Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
- Useful related words include: somber, melancholy, cheerless, uncheerful.
- In the example corpus, sombre often appears in combinations such as: the sombre, sombre and, in sombre.
Context around Sombre
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sombre
- In this selection, "sombre" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, particularly, appropriately, looked, tone, mood and music stand out and add context to how "sombre" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a more sombre picture on and a particularly sombre tone such. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sombre" sits close to words such as accessorized, acs and adil, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sombre
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Utterly sombre mood here. (4 words)
However, this is not a sombre retelling of poverty and misery. (11 words)
Zaluzhny has offered a more sombre picture on the ground in than Zelensky. (13 words)
While Cruise's character does bear the showmanship and confidence of shooting down planes, it's the sombre moments of his uncertain future and the lingering grief of losing Goose in the first film that really cements his performance. (39 words)
Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month after talks to secure a ceasefire stalled. (37 words)
She added: "The first anniversary is a really important, but sombre, milestone to ensure that the profile of 's fight is kept at the forefront of society's discourse in the coming year ahead. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Episodes that ended on a particularly sombre tone, such as "Monday-Tuesday" citation and "Yesterday's News", citation used only appropriately sombre music to accompany the end credits.
Now I found sombre, introspective men – men clearly marked by the things they’d seen and done inside Jenin camp.
One minute you are jubilant, celebrating an election victory the next you are sombre, pondering what you will do when you lose your seat.
She added: "The first anniversary is a really important, but sombre, milestone to ensure that the profile of 's fight is kept at the forefront of society's discourse in the coming year ahead.
There will be a sombre tone to Summernats 35, though, as it’s the first since founder Chic Henry died in April 2022.
The set-up for the 44-minute interview was sombre, formal and so serious that Rajan was even wearing a jacket and tie.
The trio looked sombre as they made their way into the star's home.
Utterly sombre mood here.
While Cruise's character does bear the showmanship and confidence of shooting down planes, it's the sombre moments of his uncertain future and the lingering grief of losing Goose in the first film that really cements his performance.
Zaluzhny has offered a more sombre picture on the ground in than Zelensky.
Amid such sombre messages, calls for Birmingham’s youth services to be sheltered from the council’s huge wave of cuts have refused to die down.
A sombre mood has engrained the nation, mourning one of the country’s most loved politicians.
French metalcore band is now streaming their double single "Sulfur" and "Sombre 16" from their upcoming record, The Darkest Place I've Ever Been.
However, this is not a sombre retelling of poverty and misery.
In radio, each spot begins as upbeat toy commercials before taking a sombre turn.
In truth, Starmer’s sombre tone was very much in keeping with the mood among the conference delegates.
It is the fault of the European laws," a local French woman told the sombre crowd.
My familiarity with the use of skulls in art comes primarily from European and Euro-Canadian traditions, where they often appear as a memento mori — a sombre reminder of death’s inevitability.
Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month after talks to secure a ceasefire stalled.
Sombre councillors took less than five minutes to rubber-stamp an 18.6% rate increase at a special meeting on Monday without debate.
Common combinations with sombre
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sombre 14×
- sombre and 9×
- in sombre 7×
- sombre tone 6×
- is sombre 6×
- sombre mood 5×
- sombre as 4×
- more sombre 4×
- was sombre 3×
- and sombre 3×