cheerless
Example Sentences
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Typically, filing an extension isn’t a matter of putting off a cheerless chore.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
This cheerless club was grouchily owned, poorly assembled, haphazardly managed, chronically undermanned, and, worst of all, dull.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
But in the camp's cheerless food market we met women who pointed out that their children are guilty of nothing and pleaded for them to have a normal life.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
The cheerless rollout of GPT-5 could bring the day of reckoning closer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
By nightfall they were all soaked, and their camp was cheerless, for they could not get any fire to burn.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
