cheerlessly

Example Sentences

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Bearded, a little wild-looking, he cheerlessly walked onstage, barely if at all acknowledged the audience, sat down on the ordinary wooden chair he preferred to a posh piano bench.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2022

She reddens with embarrassment as the woman at the counter sloshes tea cheerlessly into our polystyrene cups, and tells us her mother adores the place because it reminds her of her childhood.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2016

“This is not,” he said cheerlessly, “the way you want to start a doubleheader.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 8, 2015

Like its forerunner, “New Year’s Eve” interweaves more than a half-dozen trivial subplots into a cheerlessly cheery mosaic.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2011

In Mariam’s lap, she sucked her thumb cheerlessly and watched Rasheed in a sullen, pensive way.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini