4 uses
- Somber, as a word, was better.Chapter 1 (0% in)
- It was something wrapped in a long somber cloak with a grinning skull, and bones for hands.Chapter 4 (97% in)
- Men passed on their way to work, looked at the window from behind which the screams were coming and then looked at Johnny huddled on the stoop and a somber look came over their faces.Chapter 9 (21% in)
- The high walls were covered with a somber wall paper, dark brown with golden stripes.Chapter 15 (52% in)
There are no more uses of "somber" in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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