glum

Example Sentences

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Don’t expect us to remain upset or all feel glum at the same time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

The first captivates via a young man’s earnest effusiveness; the second’s effusiveness, tainted by lovelorn glum, deepens.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Everything is prim, but the picture’s mood is as weirdly glum as it is exuberant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

In the end he got an appearance at the end of the film, in the out-takes, "sat there with a little glum face".

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

“I did it in a moment of weakness,” Yossarian wisecracked with glum irony.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller