glum
Example Sentences
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Glum, ponderous songs about madness, mortality and greed, punctuated with tense instrumentals.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023
Glum, I listened to another voicemail from my mother.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2023
Glum consumers have seen shortages and soaring prices amid global supply problems caused, in part, by a huge container ship blocking the Suez Canal.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2021
If The News Huddlines chipped the mould of Ethel Glum and June Fletcher-Medford, Whitfield’s next most memorable character smashed it completely.
From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2018
Glum faces were everywhere throughout the Glade, and most of the workers had abandoned their daily jobs.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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