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
In the Adriances' breakfast-room, an effort had been made to offset the outside cheerlessness by aid of lamps glowing under gold-colored shades.
From A Man's Hearth by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)
In the dim light the surroundings looked both poor and squalid, but porter and flyman vied with one another in a welcome so warm that it went far to dissipate the cheerlessness of the scene.
From Pixie O'Shaughnessy by Groome, William H. C.
These are minor matters, but yet add to the cheerlessness of the time after the strangers have gone.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
