Both Uses of
somber
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- Following its line eastward with their eyes they saw the Mountains: the nearer foothills were brown and sombre; behind them stood taller shapes of grey, and behind those again were high white peaks glimmering among the clouds.†
Chpt 1.11
- Here Strider turned aside, and soon they were lost in a sombre country of dark trees winding among the feet of sullen hills.†
Chpt 1.12 *
Definition:
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(somber as in: a somber mood) serious (without cheer or lightheartedness); or sad