Both Uses of
somber
in
The Awakening
- The Colonel, with little sense of humor and of the fitness of things, related a somber episode of those dark and bitter days, in which he had acted a conspicuous part and always formed a central figure.†
Chpt 23
- All the tearing emotion of the last few hours seemed to fall away from her like a somber, uncomfortable garment, which she had but to loosen to be rid of.†
Chpt 38 *
Definition:
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(somber as in: a somber mood) serious (without cheer or lightheartedness); or sad