cheerlessness

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A vague foreboding discovered to her the cheerlessness, and she shivered in anticipating the dreariness that awaited her.

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  • He received me with unbounded kindness;—welcomed me to his bachelor home;—apologized for its cold cheerlessness, and ordered me to consider himself and his “ casa ” entirely at my disposal as long as I chose to remain. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an African Slaver, by Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot.
  • It was the last word in cheerlessness, and there was no reason to think, Bruce told himself, that it would not be in such surroundings that he would end his days. —  The Man from the Bitter Roots
  • He received me with unbounded kindness;--welcomed me to his bachelor home;--apologized for its cold cheerlessness, and ordered me to consider himself and his "_casa_" entirely at my disposal as long as I chose to remain I was content to accept this unstinted hospitality for a few days, while I ran over the town, the hills, and the paseos_; but I could not consent to dally long eating the bread of idleness and charity. —  Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
  • Cast off sorrow and cheerlessness, and abstain from parental affection. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
  • At last, moved by grief and cheerlessness, they waited there, indulging in bitter lamentations. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
 

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