Example Sentences

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True, but the glumness of said world is central to Hoover’s zeitgeisty appeal — a point she underlines a few beats later, Kenna insisting that the radio only ever plays depressing songs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

And it regenerated itself six months after Djokovic’s haunted tour of Australia, where he arrived with permission, stayed 11 days in courts both tennis and judicial, then experienced deportation and lingering glumness.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2022

But glumness isn’t obligatory, and in a world filled with new media that perpetually deluge us with ill-chosen words, the grace of well-executed verbal economy can be very welcome, indeed.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2021

This time mine comes back negative and I take the mantle of glumness from Dinesh's shoulders.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2020

If the corners of the mouth are allowed to droop the glumness and depression is likely to grow deeper.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)