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
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
“Aye, ’tis an eerie feeling to be out in the cheerless dawn, not knowing at what moment an enemy may appear out of the fog,” agreed Brother Luke.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
