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
The glumness had gone from his face, and when he saw me he signed for me to stoop down.
From Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France by Vernon Bartlett
