uncheerful

Example Sentences

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When no longer called upon to speak or listen—either of which operations cost him an evident effort—his face would briefly subside into its former not uncheerful quietude.

From The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

In front of her sat a dried, sallow, uncheerful woman of great age, ready to pounce upon her and expose her ignorance before the jeering class.

From One Woman's Life by Herrick, Robert

Not that it was melancholy or even uncheerful, but simply serious.

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

But here his uncheerful meditations were broken in on by a voice, imperative in tone, yet perceptibly shaken by laughter.

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas

The voice was not uncheerful; it had that serenity which comes of duties honestly performed and a life tolerably free from sordid anxiety.

From Demos by Gissing, George