glumness

Her own nickering complaints of Norah's "glumness" sank into dumb anxiety.

Life at High Tide Henry Mills Alden 1877

Vice President Biden did his best to bring some visual levity to the glumness to his left.

Obama's SOTU, Ryan's response, Bachmann's banality Jonathan Capehart 2011

Just about everything is now getting viewed through a lens of glumness.

It's Not the End of the World as We Know It Dave Kansas 2011

A glumness prevailed in the wake of the News of the World allegations of criminal malpractice by members of the Pakistan team.

Pakistan betting scandal: When two bowlers overstep their mark 2010

Still, the glumness may be overdone, just as the optimism of the Goldilocks Economy was overdone.

The Power of Positive Thinking 2010

So, yes, all that glumness, and it was a truly grand Samhain, regardless.

"Here in November, in this house of leaves..." prynnesneedle 2008

The seven distinguished gentlemen seated inside a conference room in Washington on Thursday, January 26, 1922, listened to Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover drone on with what must have been mixed feelings of glumness and resentment.

Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

The seven distinguished gentlemen seated inside a conference room in Washington on Thursday, January 26, 1922, listened to Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover drone on with what must have been mixed feelings of glumness and resentment.

Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

Ann's journey from Paris to Italy is, in effect, a movement from glumness to warmth.

Karin Badt: Paris is No Paradise: Benoit Jacquot's "Villa Amalia" with Isabelle Huppert 2009

I know that it sounds trite, but the best antidote to rejection-induced glumness is to get right back on the proverbial horse.

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