uncheerful

Example Sentences

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There was an allegorical air—a person fond of Spenser will understand me—in this uncheerful spot, single in such a country, ‘The house was hearsed about with a black wood.’

From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell

Mary presently came back alone, and the lessened but not uncheerful group downstairs settled down to a vigil.

From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

Mrs. Noakes admitted with the grudgingness of a person of uncheerful temperament, that looks like that always would make talk.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Tea-and-sugar borrowing friends have told them jocularly, or with threats, of a good time coming when things will go hard with the uncheerful giver.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard

I know this is another beastly uncheerful letter,—as bad as the last, and maybe worse,—but if you knew what we've just been through!

From Dear Enemy by Webster, Jean