In their comparative sombreness, King Vidor's The Big Parade (1925) and Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) are greater anti-war films, but then Vidor and Milestone couldn't possibly have feared, as did Gance, the coming conflagration. (theartsdesk.com)
To wit: a black suit is ideal for funerals, as the ultimate expression of sombreness. (canadianbusiness.com)
We still have detractors — those who hanker for old ways and those afflicted with an El Greco - like sombreness. (rba.gov.au)