uncheerful

Example Sentences

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The most of the time he sat industriously smoking, his eyes set upon the uncheerful winter landscape without.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various

Great Lord! how lonely I become within These now uncheerful towers!

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

The voice was not uncheerful; it had that serenity which comes of duties honestly performed and a life tolerably free from sordid anxiety.

From Demos by Gissing, George

But here his uncheerful meditations were broken in on by a voice, imperative in tone, yet perceptibly shaken by laughter.

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas

But it's that beastly twilight hour of a damp November day, and I'm in a beastly uncheerful mood.

From Dear Enemy by Webster, Jean