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

If the homely virtues are not cultivated there, society will suffer; if cold and cheerlessness are characteristic of its atmosphere, there will be little warmth in the disposition of its inmates toward society.

From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch

He denied the charge, however, and tried to comfort Mrs. Darling, who never for one moment forgot the little empty beds and the silence and cheerlessness of the nursery.

From The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie by O'Connor, Daniel Stephen

My feeling of cheerlessness was not dispelled even by the warmth and comfort of the little inn.

From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Rees, Alfred Wellesley