But the somber events of today also reflected the often agonizing relations between Poles and Jews.

But that might have been a convenient way to think about his face just then, since on the radio he spoke only about somber events.

State officials said televising the death will make a spectacle of what should be regarded a somber event.

There was every sign of a somber event.

As one of the most important religious days, Shia Muslims remember the occasion with many somber events.

This is a somber event for me.

It will not be a somber event, however.

Traditionally, Christmas was a more somber event for reflecting on the birth of Christ.

So when the event went on as scheduled last Wednesday, it seemed that it would be a somber or at least uncomfortable event.

But the razzle-dazzle could not erase memories of a more somber event that occurred only days earlier.