sombre note
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsombreandnote
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sombre
adjective
uk/ˈsɒm.bər/us/ˈsɑːm.bɚ/
serious, sad, and without humour ...
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note
noun
uk/nəʊt/us/noʊt/
a short piece ...
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(Definition ofsombreandnotefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I end on a rathersombrenote.
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I conclude, sadly, on a verysombrenote.
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I wish to conclude on a rather moresombrenote.
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I conclude these few remarks on a rathersombrenote.
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Her epilogue, again with the modern visitor realising the implacable nature of the weather, completes the narrative on asombrenote.
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I shall strike a moresombrenote, though in the same direction.
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I do not want to close with thissombrenoteof discipline.
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I wish to strike a moresombrenotefor a moment.
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I do not wish, however, to conclude my speech on such asombrenote.
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I suspect that will strike a rathersombrenotewith his colleagues.
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There is much melancholy in this rapidly changing world, and the passing away of so much that is noble cannot but strike asombrenotein our hearts.
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I found his speech very entertaining, although it contained asombrenotebecause, like mine, his constituency has been struck with the dread contagion of foot and mouth disease.
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This order should sound to those townships asombrenoteof warning of what is likely to happen if no successful protest is raised against orders of this kind.
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There is a moresombrenotewhen he remembers two of his men who fell in the fighting and grieves for their loss.
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