glum

Example Sentences

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And when I toured the Los Alamos lab right after the collapse of the other great superpower of that moment, the Soviet Union, it was curious how glum the people I met there were.

From Salon

The first captivates via a young man’s earnest effusiveness; the second’s effusiveness, tainted by lovelorn glum, deepens.

From Los Angeles Times

As for the bad news: their education was now in the hands of the glum Russian tutor, Master Gogolev, who had formerly worked for the Babushkinovs.

From Literature

As you can see, it was Penelope’s nature to try to cheer herself up when feeling glum.

From Literature

Meanwhile, consumers surveyed by the University of Michigan were glum.

From Barron's