gloom
noun
total or partial darkness; dimness.
Example Sentences
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Adolf Hitler's mistress was a pudgy, middle-class blonde who gloomed more than she glittered.
From Time Magazine Archive
They, too. gloomed as brisk Premier Flandin popped in as the new Governor of the Bank of France last week bland M. Jean Tannery.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Germany is defeated, they gloomed, consumer interest will turn from clothes, which have been relatively plentiful, to goods that will go into production when the war pinch eases.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hotelmen, chambers of commerce, merchants and convention bureaus in 38 U.S. cities gloomed that the half-billion-dollar annual convention "industry" is all washed up until the war is won.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hall was gloomed with the dot of yellow light from an oil lamp turned down so low that it jerked expiringly.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
