Addressing fellow politicians in the House of Commons Wednesday, a somber Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid tribute to the fallen.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

So that's the last music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his pupil, Suessmayr, and--not to leave you in a somber mood-- let's listen to Louis Armstrong as we go out. Okay?

那么,这就是莫札特和他的学生,苏斯迈尔一起完成的他最后的音乐,好了,别沉浸于忧郁的心情里,让我们聆听下路易斯·阿姆斯特朗的音乐,来领着我们下课吧,好吗

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

While the anniversary was an official holiday in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, it was a somber occasion in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

A rain-soaked President Obama delivered a somber message from a Coast Guard station on Louisiana's threatened coastline.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

In the seaside village,Leone, others filled Holy Cross Catholic church for a more somber service.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Coming after a week of almost-universally upbeat economic data that buoyed U.S.markets, Wednesday's more-somber news is a reality-check, according to Alan Brown of Schroders, an asset management company.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05