“Then she went back to the main house and to her bedroom, washed her face, put on a new scarf and attended to dinner efficiently but sombrely.”

“Earlier, the marble-effect coffin, decorated with cherubs, was carried sombrely into the church by four pallbearers.”

“Ben, who was Mr Cook's understrapper until yesterday afternoon, marched sombrely down the street.”

“Usa said somberly, she had just found out about the death of Shino Hotaru hours ago.”

“A retrospective of the German émigré director showcases his furiously energetic, somberly ironic view of his adoptive country.”

“Frown lines were showing on the players' faces and talk had turned, somberly, to the hard lessons learned at the competition.”