glum
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In England, whether it's migration, making ends meet, or disappointment with Starmer, the mood is generally very glum.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Don’t expect us to remain upset or all feel glum at the same time.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
The Agnus Dei begins in glum realization that there may be no compensation for humanity’s great sins when, again astonishingly without expectation, one of Beethoven’s uniquely wondrous melodies takes over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
So why, in this glum post-“Walking Dead” era, awaken our much-loved caveman from a good death to such a miserable half-life?
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
Stella’s arms felt as if she'd been toting watermelons all day—everything about her felt heavy and slow and glum.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
Even glummer is Lawrence Osborne’s 2018 novel, “Only to Sleep,” in which a 72-year-old Marlowe, retired to Baja California, decides to take one more shuffle down the mean streets of crime.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2022
Jon looks even glummer than usual—and even more so when Arya reminds him that Dany is dangerous.
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
These stories had fascinating characters, complex, gritty settings, messy morality, and, perhaps most importantly, a great sense of humor — unlike the somewhat glummer Conan created by Robert E. Howard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2019
Idamante: I'm feeling much glummer / That's one hell of a bummer.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2010
He flew straight into a painting of a glum man on a glummer horse, put a claw through the man’s nose, and dropped to the windowsill, peeping in pain and fear.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The Ukrainian intelligence officer suggested that a prisoner had drawn his home on the cell wall to pass the time or perhaps cheer himself up in this glummest of places.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
No. 3 Michigan became the glummest 10-2 team extant.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2016
The glummest of its titles are revealing, even if they don’t tell the full story: “The Bottom Is As Low As You Can Go,” “Never Win,” “One Who Lost.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2014
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Why people don't read it: It's the glummest dystopia imaginable.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2010
She had the glummest face Harry had ever seen, half-hidden behind lank hair and thick, pearly spectacles.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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