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

My feeling of cheerlessness was not dispelled even by the warmth and comfort of the little inn.

From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Rees, Alfred Wellesley

Consider the change from comfort in the country to circumstances of cheerlessness in the city.

From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Young, Duncan McNeill

So I went back to the cold cheerlessness of Rivermead Mansions, and slept until the following morning.

From The Stretton Street Affair by Le Queux, William