gloom
noun
total or partial darkness; dimness.
Example Sentences
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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
"How the money can be found is not my business," gloomed Transport Commission Chairman General Sir Brian Robertson.
From Time Magazine Archive
"No," gloomed Lord Cranborne, "it is not being fortified by leave of anyone."
From Time Magazine Archive
Icons gloomed from the porticoes or raised stiff fingers in the glinting chapels.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
