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

And it seemed to her that they alone could be counted happy who knew how to lighten a little the cheerlessness and gloom.

From Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time by Machar, Agnes Maule

There was a general air of cheerlessness and discomfort, but at any rate it was larger than the stateroom on the River Belle.

From The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains by Alger, Horatio

It had been raining in the afternoon, and as I drove up the avenue the mournful dripping of the rain from the dark trees accentuated the cheerlessness of the gloom.

From Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels by Leacock, Stephen