uncheerful

Example Sentences

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The captain helped her ashore, but it was a most uncheerful outlook.

From A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

I asked him news of Clyde, but he had no news to bring me until two days before my trial, when he came into my cell with a grave but not uncheerful countenance.

From The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) by Murray, David Christie

Talleyrand was by no means an uncheerful soul; but his genius, remarkable as it was, flowed between narrower lines, and was unwatered by that humanity which was Hamilton's in such volume.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

The scene was curious, but by no means uncheerful.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 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