glumness
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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
Rosario Dawson as a D.E.A. agent and Peter Sarsgaard as another U.S. attorney are uncharacteristically flat, and Stuhlbarg plays Richard Sackler on a note of unrelieved glumness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 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
Their faces were glum––and the glumness remained even after they had washed and eaten ravenously.
From Rim o' the World by Anton Otto Fischer
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