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Recent Examples of somberness
In 1848, the landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing observed that places like Green-Wood and Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston did a better job of alleviating stress than encouraging somberness.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 14 Apr. 2026
There’s a crepuscular somberness, a feeling of looking back on the perfect day, knowing bliss won’t last forever.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
No surprise, then, that this is a fairly respectful rendition, upping the spectacle but staying true to the somberness of Shelley’s cautionary tale.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 14 Apr. 2026
There’s a crepuscular somberness, a feeling of looking back on the perfect day, knowing bliss won’t last forever.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
No surprise, then, that this is a fairly respectful rendition, upping the spectacle but staying true to the somberness of Shelley’s cautionary tale.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for somberness
Noun
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Colors are accurate and saturated, doing justice to the bright vibrance of Frieren on Crunchyroll on my iPad Air and the dark gloominess of Ball x Pit on my Switch 2 via an adapter.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
12 Mar. 2026
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His gloominess seemed to make no sense.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Even as Gen Z faces a labor market mired in uncertainty, receiving mixed signals about how AI will reshape the future of work, Upwork President and CEO Hayden Brown is not doom-and-gloom.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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Kieran Trippier has been one of those players for Newcastle United; a ripple-maker, a gloom-buster and a standard-bearer.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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The aurora australis can be seen below as a stream of green and pink light hovering over our planet against the blackness of space.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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The activity is not unlike the way US and Soviet submarines tailed one another in the Cold War, but instead of running silent and running deep, highly reflective satellites easily stand out against the inky blackness of space.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The dimness of the shuttle gallery also assists in the immersive fantasy, both as an artistic choice and a practical one due to the shuttle’s sensitivity to light.—
Malia Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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From its first painterly images, of the face of Meryl Streep, sad and tender and lovely in the semidarkness, the film declares its artistry, its sensitivity and its theme.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2023
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She [Daria] looks at me and smiles in the semidarkness, a calm, shy smile, full of love.—
Katy Waldman,
The New Yorker,
3 Dec. 2021
Noun
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Does that lead to a kind of obscurity?—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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Chambliss routinely produced explosive, clutch plays, overcoming his less-than-ideal size (6-foot-1, 200 pounds) and emerging from a relative obscurity in ways that captured fans' imagination.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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As Raul grapples with telling the story of Elsa’s life, he’s confronted by the murkiness of borrowing from real people for the purposes of fiction.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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After Daniel Jones tore his ACL late last season, the quarterback position has some murkiness for the Colts entering 2026.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Somberness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somberness. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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