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drear
[ dreer ]
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Twas still but gray abroad––a drear dawn: promising a belated, sullen day.
The streets were “deserted and drear,” and, of course, unlighted—the late Confederacy had no gas and no oil.
I seem suddenly lifted out of a drear monotony of unchanging days, back to a life of extraordinary vitality and promise.
Even then—in that tense moment, the drear anguish of yesterday surged like a wave through my mind; but, upon it a gleam of hope.
Captain Cavendish, expressing his gratitude once more, lounged into the drear and foggy night.
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