gloom
noun
total or partial darkness; dimness.
had gloomed
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past perfectof gloom.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And so the eye of History beholds Patriotism, which had gloomed unutterable things all week, break into loud jubilee, embrace its Marat; lift him into a chair of triumph, bear him shoulder-high through the streets.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
Across the clear sky of his happiness a cloud had gloomed, spoiling for a time the perfection of it.
From The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by Walter De Maris
But soon after this, the skies, that had gloomed for a long time, took fairly to pouring out all the cats and dogs they possessed upon our miserable heads.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various
The crowd was immense; the sun had gloomed over, and the Capitol building, draped in black, loomed up with stern severity and that massive dignity only obtained by heavily columned buildings.
From Life on the Stage by Clara Morris
"If you please," sounded not unlike, "if I please," and Elizabeth had gloomed over a little.
From Mistress and Maid by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
