morosely

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Shakespeare wrote of the seven ages of man, ending morosely, “sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Still, throughout the series, one of the recurring visual motifs for this character has been water: Kendall sinking morosely into a bathtub; Kendall falling face down into a pool; and so on.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2023

At a briefing in the Tri-Cities, doctors were reduced to morosely begging their community to get vaccinated — to no apparent avail.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2021

Now, however, Trump usually appears alone, rather than flanked by Pence and the rest of the task force, and reads morosely from a script.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2020

“But I have no control over what he does. To tell you the truth, I have very little power over anything around here,” she said morosely.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper