All 3 Uses of
somber
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- A deaf gardener, aproned, masked with Matthew Arnold's face, pushes his mower on the sombre lawn watching narrowly the dancing motes of grasshalms.†
Chpt 1
- A sombre Y.M.C.A. young man, watchful among the warm sweet fumes of Graham Lemon's, placed a throwaway in a hand of Mr Bloom.†
Chpt 8
- M'Coy peered into Marcus Tertius Moses' sombre office, then at O'Neill's clock.†
Chpt 10 *
Definition:
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(somber as in: a somber mood) serious (without cheer or lightheartedness); or sad