glumness

Example Sentences

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True, but the glumness of said world is central to Hoover’s zeitgeisty appeal — a point she underlines a few beats later, Kenna insisting that the radio only ever plays depressing songs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Oregon boarded a well-funded plane home, a glum plane, an annual Pac-12 plane of glumness.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2021

But glumness isn’t obligatory, and in a world filled with new media that perpetually deluge us with ill-chosen words, the grace of well-executed verbal economy can be very welcome, indeed.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2021

This time mine comes back negative and I take the mantle of glumness from Dinesh's shoulders.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2020

She listened with stolid glumness to Mr. Wrenn's observation that that was "an awful big hat the lady with the funny guy had on."

From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Lewis, Sinclair