cheerlessness
Example Sentences
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The bright and blue-skied backdrop is utterly at odds with the cheerlessness deliciously conjured by Tolkien.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2013
That night, its air striking power destroyed, the Japanese invasion armada turned in "emptiness, cheerlessness and chagrin" and limped for home.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three hunted Jacobites, dragging themselves forward drearily, found the situation one of utter cheerlessness.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
In these chapels, which to the population here were like what public squares are to the inhabitants of a city, every effort was made to lessen the surrounding cheerlessness.
From The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome by Anonymous
My Italian anticipations kept me up through all the cheerlessness of that time.
From My Unknown Chum by Charles Bullard Fairbanks
