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

In the dim light the surroundings looked both poor and squalid, but porter and flyman vied with one another in a welcome so warm that it went far to dissipate the cheerlessness of the scene.

From Pixie O'Shaughnessy by Groome, William H. C.

These are minor matters, but yet add to the cheerlessness of the time after the strangers have gone.

From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne

For all the brilliant blaze of sunlight that brightened the large court-yard into which we were conducted, there was about it curious coldness and cheerlessness.

From The Aztec Treasure-House by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)