gloomy

Example Sentences

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He always looks gloomy on the last day of school, and it’s always for the same reason.

From Literature

If the novel stayed in that lecturing, gloomy zone, it’d be easy to lose patience with it.

From Los Angeles Times

Slap-bang in the middle of a month that is all about freezing drizzle and self-denial, the third Monday in January is notoriously the gloomiest day of the year.

From BBC

Still, that may be a problem for another day, as long as forward-looking commentary isn’t too gloomy and fourth-quarter earnings deliver.

From Barron's

Still, that may be a problem for another day, as long as forward-looking commentary isn’t too gloomy and fourth-quarter earnings deliver.

From Barron's