uncheerful
Example Sentences
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Alone in his uncheerful hotel bedchamber, his chair tilted back against the wall, he sat smoking and thinking, reviewing again and again every consideration growing out of his matrimonial entanglement.
From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph
This uncheerful prospect did not daunt Trot, but it made Cap'n Bill quite nervous.
From The Scarecrow of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
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
Still, marriage and motherhood have been her education; if the Connecticut, school-teacher had not realized her worth, she might have become what she dreaded her own daughters becoming—an old maid with uncheerful views of life.
From Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. by Maria, Jennie (Drinkwater) Conklin
There were commonly no towns near the stations, which were not always uncheerful; sometimes there were flower-beds, unless my memory deceives me.
From Familiar Spanish Travels by Howells, William Dean
