dour

Example Sentences

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One side says private-credit firms are facing a new dour reality, where the individual investors they courted are fleeing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Even dour Eva is a coffee addict and a heck of a karaoke singer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

But in the U.S., a dour mood has been underscored by a couple of apparent contradictions, as Jay Hatfield, a portfolio manager at Infrastructure Capital Advisors, pointed out during a conversation with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

CEO Jamie Dimon’s assessment of business and economic conditions, a typically dour exercise in detailing looming risks to the country’s prospects, was, for him, surprisingly sunny.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Constance resembled a wet hen—same shape, same dour crankiness, and only slightly larger—but Kate smiled when he came in, and the sight of her sunny face gave Reynie a pinprick of hope.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart