And most importantly: I snapped out of the glumness. From Wordnik.com. [2009 October « Me, Myself and Other Things] Reference
There's a glumness to a lot of the stuff that's out there. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Miller Strikes Again] Reference
Egwene exclaimed, then slid immediately back into glumness. From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of the World]
So, yes, all that glumness, and it was a truly grand Samhain, regardless. From Wordnik.com. ["Here in November, in this house of leaves..."] Reference
Consumer glumness is being fueled by an acceleration of home-price declines. From Wordnik.com. [Consumer Confidence Plummets] Reference
The convention ended September 17, 1787 "in an atmosphere verging on glumness.". From Wordnik.com. [Reviewing Ferdinand Lundberg's "Cracks in the Constitution"] Reference
Ann's journey from Paris to Italy is, in effect, a movement from glumness to warmth. From Wordnik.com. [Karin Badt: Paris is No Paradise: Benoit Jacquot's "Villa Amalia" with Isabelle Huppert] Reference
Wick had guessed that Oren's glumness had something to do with their case against Lozada. From Wordnik.com. [The crush]
‘A little dull for you, going back to Wragby,’ said her father, noticing her glumness. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Chatterley's Lover] Reference
Vice President Biden did his best to bring some visual levity to the glumness to his left. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's SOTU, Ryan's response, Bachmann's banality] Reference
The constitutional convention ended September 17, 1787 "in an atmosphere verging on glumness.". From Wordnik.com. [America and Venezuela - Constitutional Worlds Apart] Reference
Still, the glumness may be overdone, just as the optimism of the Goldilocks Economy was overdone. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Positive Thinking] Reference
I am OVERWHELMED by a feeling of glumness when I listen to Bern, and UNDERWHELMED by Bern himself. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Al Weed’s Ewert mailer.] Reference
Yet, for all the McCain campaign's glumness, the reality is that a lack of poll watchers will not likely matter. From Wordnik.com. [Kelly Nuxoll: Election Day Mishaps Bumming Durham Republicans] Reference
A glumness prevailed in the wake of the News of the World allegations of criminal malpractice by members of the Pakistan team. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan betting scandal: When two bowlers overstep their mark] Reference
Despite the prevailing glumness, however, the populace turned out to patronise a gymkhana entertainment at the Light Horse camp. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
Surliness and ill temper, glumness, touchiness, are inexcusable; nor may we needlessly burden others with our troubles and disappointments. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
Miss McQuinch looked at the sunset with exceeding glumness. From Wordnik.com. [The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage] Reference
There was only glumness among Callaghan and other bar owners. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
It was a random shot, but it told against Bernique's glumness. From Wordnik.com. [Sally of Missouri] Reference
But its arty aspirations are trumped by its overwhelming glumness. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
But paradoxically the tragic view of life doesn't beget mere glumness. From Wordnik.com. [Resource Insights] Reference
He walked slowly to his club, where a friend joked him on his glumness. From Wordnik.com. [Lin McLean] Reference
The reason for glumness is the sudden demise of their co-star late actor. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
My father would cajole me into it and tease me sometimes about my glumness. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Just as they started home, however, he came out of his glumness to remember Miss White. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Woman] Reference
The glumness had gone from his face, and when he saw me he signed for me to stoop down. From Wordnik.com. [Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France] Reference
There is perhaps no more general weakness in the average American family than glumness!. From Wordnik.com. [The Business of Being a Woman] Reference
He was struck by Horace's glumness, and in his frank way openly chaffed the boy about it. From Wordnik.com. [Tongues of Conscience] Reference
But now, her aggressive, menacing, uncommunicative glumness was prolonged for days and days. From Wordnik.com. [The Torrent Entre Naranjos] Reference
Budd asked, with inexplicable glumness. From Wordnik.com. [A Maiden's Grave]
On the Harvard stands there was glumness. From Wordnik.com. [Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery] Reference
He remained solemn to the point of glumness. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Blood] Reference
This quarter, bullishness has replaced glumness. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
"Why that glumness, then?". From Wordnik.com. [PORNOGRAPHY] Reference
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