glum
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There were glum faces in the directors' box as Chelsea failed to compete against Brighton, in what one senior source described as a turning point in the club's stance on Rosenior.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Don’t expect us to remain upset or all feel glum at the same time.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
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 • Dec. 7, 2025
The first captivates via a young man’s earnest effusiveness; the second’s effusiveness, tainted by lovelorn glum, deepens.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
“She appears to be a very glum little girl today,” Anatole said.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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