11. "The somberness of Boris Nikolayevich was too evident, " the newspaper wrote. 12. This year there was no escaping the somberness that hung over most of Friday's sessions. 13. But something different is also happening in Jordan's series, where nostalgia is replaced by somberness . 14. There was a hush and a somberness among adults and children who could not quite believe what had happened. 15. The ceremony veered away from the somberness that marked last year's post-Sept . 11 event. 16. But the somberness snapped with a cameo appearance by former All-Star Lakers guard Earvin " Magic" 17. Stone Sour is classified as alternative metal, expressing moods of bleakness and somberness as well as anger and rebellion. 18. Despite the movie's humor and sense of irony, it takes on a sense of somberness as it progresses. 19. Some of these proposals capture the very somberness of the event they memorialize, and some draw from it the possibility of renewal. 20. Then somberness , in the form of massive brooding clouds and an approaching cold front, swept in again and the festive mood vanished.