All 10 Uses of
somber
in
The Lone Star Ranger
- "I'm done," he said, somberly.
Chpt 24 *somberly = solemnly (in a manner that is serious--not cheerful or lighthearted)
- The future seemed gray and somber enough.†
Chpt 2
- One flashing glance showed Duane the open once more, a little valley below with a wide, shallow, rocky stream, a clump of cottonwoods beyond, a somber group of men facing him, and two dark, limp, strangely grotesque figures hanging from branches.†
Chpt 11
- Otherwise the only striking thing about him was his somber face with its piercing eyes, and hair white over the temples.†
Chpt 15
- Duane felt a dark, somber sternness.†
Chpt 17
- Suddenly he threw off a somber cast of countenance, and he began to talk.†
Chpt 19
- He found them at length, restless, somber, anxious, but unaware of the part he had played at Ord.†
Chpt 23
- So the dark tide overwhelmed Duane, and when he left the room he was fierce, implacable, steeled to any outcome, quick like a panther, somber as death, in the thrall of his strange passion.†
Chpt 24
- She was leading an old lady, gray-haired, austere-faced, somber and sad.†
Chpt 25
- "It would indeed, uncle," replied Duane, and the old, haunting, somber mood returned.†
Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(somber as in: a somber mood) serious (without cheer or lightheartedness); or sad
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(2)
(somber as in: somber colors) lacking brightness or color -- perhaps gloomy