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

The chill and cheerlessness of it all was reaching at the hearts of the boy and girl who were at the moment of parting.

From The Heart of Unaga by Cullum, Ridgwell

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 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