All 3 Uses of
somber
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Mr. Lorry knew Miss Pross to be very jealous, but he also knew her by this time to be, beneath the service of her eccentricity, one of those unselfish creatures—found only among women—who will, for pure love and admiration, bind themselves willing slaves, to youth when they have lost it, to beauty that they never had, to accomplishments that they were never fortunate enough to gain, to bright hopes that never shone upon their own sombre lives.†
Chpt 2.6
- Another pause of oblivion, and he awoke in the sombre morning, unconscious where he was or what had happened, until it flashed upon his mind, "this is the day of my death!"†
Chpt 3.13
- As the sombre wheels of the six carts go round, they seem to plough up a long crooked furrow among the populace in the streets.†
Chpt 3.15 *
Definition:
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(somber as in: a somber mood) serious (without cheer or lightheartedness); or sad