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
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Moved by his unexpected leniency and the aspect of his cheerlessness, she immediately repented of her response.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
This late snow is trying: in its season, it is beautiful; but out of season, it breeds a cheerlessness that emphasises one’s loneliness.
From How to Cook Husbands by Worthington, Elizabeth Strong
But this damp cheerlessness has its advantages, for incessant humidity sheds perpetual verdure over the coast-districts, where the thermometer rarely falls as low as zero Fahr.
From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry