gloomy
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Gloomy and vague, “Run Rabbit Run” is a moody, noncommittal tease replete with the usual spectral signifiers: clammy dreams, scary drawings, unsettling masks.
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023
Gloomy year-ahead forecasts from Wall Street banks have piled up in the past week, although a strong November jobs report released on Friday undercut the case for an imminent slowdown in the U.S. economy.
From Reuters • Dec. 2, 2022
Gloomy prognostications of a swift, post-pandemic boomerang of dogs and cats back to shelters do not appear to be bearing out.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022
Other economies are also struggling, with the International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook carrying the title "Gloomy and more uncertain".
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2022
Gloomy tomb of a room—Theo will make a good writer someday, Chris thought.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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