uncheerful

Example Sentences

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

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

Inwardly exultant, though decently uncheerful, I took passage a fortnight later in a barque trading to the Friendly and Navigators' Islands.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf

The captain helped her ashore, but it was a most uncheerful outlook.

From A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

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

She became uncheerful, and reflected that the subtle flattery in his manner was probably a mere habit; Lady Mary had intimated that he liked women and had loved several.

From Senator North by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn