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Example sentences for "sombrous"

Lexicographically close words:
sombrely; sombreness; sombrero; sombreros; sombres; somdel; somdy; some; somebodies; somebody
  1. Bright'ning the cliffs between where sombrous pine, And yew-trees .

  2. Then, while I wandered where the huddling rill Brightens with water-breaks the sombrous ghyll, 1836.

  3. Then Quiet led me up the huddling rill, Bright'ning with water-breaks the sombrous gill; 1793.

  4. Then, while I wandered up the huddling rill Brightening with water-breaks the sombrous ghyll, 1820.

  5. I am often melancholy and unhappy; and this sombrous disposition proceeds from my numerous disappointments in life.

  6. Must we ever keep up our attention to the sombrous claims of religion, and always think, and speak, and act, as though we were treading on the verge of an awful eternity?

  7. Years passed away in the enjoyment of health, unannoyed by cares or sorrows, till Miss Roscoe was seized with that depressing melancholy which has been already described,[6] and which threw a sombrous gloom over all their prospects.

  8. It was a sombre morning; a heavy greyness of sky painted the eternal forest tops of a sombrous mourning colour.

  9. On the one hand was the deserted, desolate plain over which lay a sullen, gathering mist; on the other, the sombrous obscurity of the wood.


  10. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sombrous" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.