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
The hobbits were glad to leave the cheerless lands and the perilous Road behind them; but this new country seemed threatening and unfriendly.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
