gloom
Example Sentences
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Through all of this, the film remains focused on human experience, rendered with something approaching optimism despite the radioactive gloom that surrounds it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
It is not all doom and gloom for Italy, though.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
For now, though, the weakness in bank stocks looks more like a temporary dislocation for some of the big banks and not a harbinger of economic doom and gloom.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
This positions bitcoin as a more long-term play, but in her opinion, current bitcoin doom and gloom will look “as dated as the early internet bubble calls.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026
Hazel couldn’t see much through the gloom, but she felt a presence within, as if she were a chunk of iron close to a large magnet.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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