gloomily
Example Sentences
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Barry chimes in gloomily, “I’m a surgeon and I can’t afford to buy a house.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
In September, Finance Secretary Shona Robison set out huge in-year cuts to balance the books, talking gloomily about austerity.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
More gloomily, the holiday was observed against a backdrop of continued fighting.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
For the most part, Charon, whose name has never felt more gloomily appropriate, stood at an elegant, watchful remove from the violence of Wick’s world; he was a fixer and a facilitator, not a participant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
We kept asking him to leave a big supply with us, but he’d shake his head gloomily, like we were bound to use them up frivolously or else cause an explosion.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
