cheerlessly

Example Sentences

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Bearded, a little wild-looking, he cheerlessly walked onstage, barely if at all acknowledged the audience, sat down on the ordinary wooden chair he preferred to a posh piano bench.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2022

The boy is not described cheerlessly; Winslow doesn’t write in that register.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2019

She reddens with embarrassment as the woman at the counter sloshes tea cheerlessly into our polystyrene cups, and tells us her mother adores the place because it reminds her of her childhood.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2016

“This is not,” he said cheerlessly, “the way you want to start a doubleheader.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 8, 2015

In Mariam’s lap, she sucked her thumb cheerlessly and watched Rasheed in a sullen, pensive way.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini