She felt sympathy for Neil's sombrely stolid manner.

她同情尼尔忧郁而迟钝的举止。

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She felt more sympathy for Neil's sombrely stolid manner than she ever had before.

她比过去更同情尼尔忧郁而执拗的举止了。

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If, while pulling, I turned to look, my parents sombrely maintained, the drum magically ceased its rotation.

NEWYORKER: All That

Nolfi and the cinematographer, John Toll, have produced a sombrely unified vision of New York as a place of dull skies and frequent downpours, a city whose towers stick up like hostile gray stalagmites.

NEWYORKER: Control Yourself