Example Sentences

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The film rests in a dismal tone for so long that its gloominess becomes sappy, making the ending feel hackneyed and inevitable.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

Joe Sirard, a meteorologist with the NWS at Oxnard, attributed the extended gloominess to “a persistent upper-level trough of low pressure over the West Coast extending into Southern California.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023

The Pacific Northwest, known for its seasons of rain, provides an extra layer of gloominess to the film.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2022

Like Manolete’s face, something about this arrangement seems to project gloominess, loneliness or woe.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

But now my brain shot back with that same There’s no cure gloominess.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas