cheerless

Example Sentences

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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

Our beginning-of-the-year customs go hand in hand with its bleakness as we choose to make ourselves more cheerless by abstaining from things we enjoy, while pushing ourselves towards the more mundane and less exciting.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025

Cashiers at the supermarket knew them as a quiet, cheerless family that shopped several times a week.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Even when the dancers are in a joyful mood — and thank you, Roman Mejia and Gilbert Bolden III, for turning up the volume — the setting is cheerless.

From New York Times • May 6, 2022

It lashed in rhythmic waves against the windows of the white, brightly lit kitchen as we guests sat around the table and ate a silent, cheerless breakfast of coffee and Pop Tarts.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt