Somberness in a sentence as a noun

They sent a letter to Prussia, world reknown for its somberness under Bismark, to send a congregation of the most straight faced military officers that they could find.

Somberness definitions

noun

a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"

See also: gloom sombreness

noun

a feeling of melancholy apprehension

See also: gloom gloominess sombreness

noun

a manner that is serious and solemn

See also: graveness gravity sobriety soberness sombreness