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
Before Denmark’s fans wound up sitting with a glumness they hadn’t expected, their side had begun to create some business near the Australian goal.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
A narrative that, for better or worse, wrings more glumness than humor from Jeff’s travails.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
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
She looked out from under her eyelashes to see if her blow had been fatal, and concluded from the glumness in Peter's face, that she really had been too cruel.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford
