All 4 Uses of
somber
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The contrast of this revelation with her anticipations of some sinister figure in sombre garb was so great that it had upon her the effect of a fairy transformation.†
Chpt 22-24
- But Fanny's image, as it had appeared to him in the sombre shadows of that Saturday evening, returned to his mind, backed up by Bathsheba's reproaches.†
Chpt 43-45 *
- A reserved and sombre expression had returned to Boldwood's face again, but it poorly cloaked his feelings when he pronounced Bathsheba's name; and his feverish anxiety continued to show its existence by a galloping motion of his fingers upon the side of his thigh as he went down the stairs.†
Chpt 52-54
- One Friday evening in August she walked a little way along the road and entered the village for the first time since the sombre event of the preceding Christmas.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(somber as in: a somber mood) serious (without cheer or lightheartedness); or sad