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
The chill and cheerlessness of it all was reaching at the hearts of the boy and girl who were at the moment of parting.
From The Heart of Unaga by Cullum, Ridgwell
He received me with unbounded kindness;—welcomed me to his bachelor home;—apologized for its cold cheerlessness, and ordered me to consider himself and his “casa” entirely at my disposal as long as I chose to remain.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz
For all the brilliant blaze of sunlight that brightened the large court-yard into which we were conducted, there was about it curious coldness and cheerlessness.
From The Aztec Treasure-House by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)
