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

This late snow is trying: in its season, it is beautiful; but out of season, it breeds a cheerlessness that emphasises one’s loneliness.

From How to Cook Husbands by Worthington, Elizabeth Strong

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.

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