uncheerful

Example Sentences

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At first Iglesias saw without seeing, busy with his own uncheerful thoughts.

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas

Evelyn came in a few minutes later, pale and subdued, but not uncheerful.

From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud

But in Winter he was gloomy, Dark, and dismal, and uncheerful, And sat brooding as in anger, Robed in garments dull and heavy; All gay vesture now forsaken, And all music now forbidden.

From A Leaf from the Old Forest by Cossar, John D.

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

When no longer called upon to speak or listen—either of which operations cost him an evident effort—his face would briefly subside into its former not uncheerful quietude.

From The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel