cheerlessness
Example Sentences
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The bright and blue-skied backdrop is utterly at odds with the cheerlessness deliciously conjured by Tolkien.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2013
That night, its air striking power destroyed, the Japanese invasion armada turned in "emptiness, cheerlessness and chagrin" and limped for home.
From Time Magazine Archive
So I went back to the cold cheerlessness of Rivermead Mansions, and slept until the following morning.
From The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux
The dismantled villa looked the picture of sordid cheerlessness, when stripped of all the little touches she had given it.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
To add to our unpleasant position, and, at the same time, to heighten the cheerlessness of the scene 143around us, the rain began to fall violently.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by John Lloyd Stephens
