cheerlessness
Example Sentences
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The bright and blue-skied backdrop is utterly at odds with the cheerlessness deliciously conjured by Tolkien.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2013
That night, its air striking power destroyed, the Japanese invasion armada turned in "emptiness, cheerlessness and chagrin" and limped for home.
From Time Magazine Archive
My feeling of cheerlessness was not dispelled even by the warmth and comfort of the little inn.
From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Rees, Alfred Wellesley
Occasional pedestrians walked noiselessly over the damp ground, while the dismal howling of a dog added to the cheerlessness of the scene.
From Jack 1877 by Sherwood, Mary Neal
Where cheerlessness, and hunger, and desponding toil, or hopeless apathy, brood continually.
From Humanity in the City by Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
