1.   As the conflict continues in Yugoslavia, the tenor of my correspondence grows more somber.

2.   As the documentary deepens, the voices begin to crack, the faces become more somber.

3.   As the afternoon came to a close and he prepared to leave, he became pensive and a bit more somber.

4.   As the flotilla got under way again, the mood aboard the Island Diver turned more somber as the swells took their toll and the sickness began.

5.   A sculpture of a doll-house-size cast-iron chair by Joel Shapiro, however, projects a more somber allure.

6.   But as a glorious California day ended and a return to the jailhouse loomed, he grew considerably more somber.

7.   But as the evidence against Reardon was recounted, the mood in the packed courtroom became more somber and intense.

8.   But he sounded a more somber note than he has in the past.

9.   But some had a more somber view.

10.   But the mood is a bit more somber across the street, where the corporate types are.