gloomily

Example Sentences

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More gloomily, the holiday was observed against a backdrop of continued fighting.

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2023

He sighs on his couch and gloomily watches daytime television.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 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

Palmer's character sat gloomily at the end of the dinner table, unable to comprehend his adolescent sons or his wife's midlife crisis.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2020

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