H'm'm—Wanderings— 'I've learned the secret of the rune That the somber pines on the hillside croon'— Have you—have you learned that secret?
Even Pencroft lost in some measure the somber taciturnity occasioned by the devastation and ruin of his domain.
Cyrus Harding and Gideon Spilett remarked these somber appearances, and from time to time discussed the evident progress of the volcanic phenomena, but their work went on without interruption.
They traversed these somber galleries, waving lighted torches; they examined the smallest excavations; they sounded the shallowest depths, but all was dark and silent.
And indeed the somber bunting was floating from the mast of the brig, and they had now good reason for considering her to be a suspicious vessel!
Laura Bush posted a group photo after her White House social call, saying it was '[a] sweet visit during this somber week.
I count 6 positive words (eases, adds, new, found, right, wealthy) and 15 negative words (denounce, fight, die, soak, death, somber, slain, fears, concerns, dismissed, defiant, avoids, risk, pandemic, handouts) for an overall ratio of 6/15 = 0.
Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.
Somber and exciting, the film, directed by Matt Reeves, shows how large-scale action filmmaking can explore political and moral matters without bogging down in pretentiousness.
I could tell right away that there was something wrong by the somber mood of the speaker.
The US News ratings "don a somber gray suit of authority, but it's a hustler's threads," he writes…"exploiting people's insecurities.
Men began to wear the nascent three-piece suit in somber hues and were discouraged from standing out from one another.
, 10 years ago, we were in school uniforms, brilliant sunshine naturally overflowing from austerity; , 10 years later, we are in name brand clothes, a touch of somber mood arising from this kind of illusive luxury.
With her chin on her chest and her eyes staring down, the reluctant farm girl followed Margaret to the back of the somber room.
