1.   And therapeutic humor can be very serious, very earnest, even somber.

2.   Fewer will be drunk, but even most of those who are will feel more sober, even somber, deep down.

3.   Identifiable only through high-powered camera lenses, their countenances were composed, even somber, reflective.

4.   It was a sober, even somber budget presentation that Bloomberg made in City Hall on Wednesday.

5.   More generally, the economy suffers from the conservative, even somber, character of Czech capitalists.

6.   Of late, Boyles has sounded a cautious, even somber note.

7.   He seemed subdued, even somber, and more self-revealing than usual.