gloomily

Example Sentences

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More gloomily, the holiday was observed against a backdrop of continued fighting.

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2023

Within emotional parameters that other actors might have found gloomily constricting, Nighy coaxes forth a tour de force of understatement, suffused with an almost musical melancholy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Across the country, British customers were greeted this past week by signs posted in the windows of gloomily empty branches.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2021

Palmer's character sat gloomily at the end of the dinner table, unable to comprehend his adolescent sons or his wife's midlife crisis.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2020

"I am," Will said gloomily, and I noticed little drops of sweat beading his high pale forehead.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath