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Definition of Somberest
1. somber [adj] - See also: somber
Lexicographical Neighbors of Somberest
Literary usage of Somberest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary Friends and Acquaintance: A Personal Retrospect of American Authorship by William Dean Howells (1900)
"... and that the ancient haunt of the witches and the birthplace of our subtlest
and somberest wizard was becoming a great shoe-town; but my concern was ..."
2. Literary Friends and Acquaintance: A Personal Retrospect of American Authorship by William Dean Howells (1900)
"... and that the ancient haunt of the witches and the birthplace of our subtlest
and somberest wizard was becoming a great shoe-town ; but my concern was ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1895)
"The one is in gala-day attire, the other in the somberest dress. III. BIRD MIGRATION
AT OBERLIN, OHIO, FOR 1894. Probably no better opportunity will ever be ..."
4. Ballads of Old New York by Arthur Guiterman (1920)
"... seeing a youth who was everywhere known For gladness and jollity, brooding
alone In gloomy despair of the somberest hue, She laughed, as who wouldn't? ..."
5. Ballads of Old New York by Arthur Guiterman (1920)
"... seeing a youth who was everywhere known For gladness and jollity, brooding
alone In gloomy despair of the somberest hue, She laughed, as who wouldn't? ..."
6. The Mentor: A Wise and Faithful Guide and FriendArt (1913)
"... by some of the grandest epics, most heroic efforts and sacrifices, and somberest
catastrophes and tragedies in all the wide field of exploration. ..."
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