uncheerful
Example Sentences
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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
The most of the time he sat industriously smoking, his eyes set upon the uncheerful winter landscape without.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various
I asked him news of Clyde, but he had no news to bring me until two days before my trial, when he came into my cell with a grave but not uncheerful countenance.
From The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) by Murray, David Christie
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
That could be explained in part by the fact that uncheerful letters could not pass the German but could pass the British censor.
