gloom

Definition:
1. A state of partial or total darkness.
2. A feeling of melancholy apprehension.
3. An atmosphere of depression and melancholy.

Use 'gloom' in a sentence:

• 1. The gloom deepened as the election results came in.
• 2. The permanent gloom held an unexpected pocket of nutrition.
• 3. It came as the arrows went, leaving the island in gloom.
• 4. They clung together in terror, in the thick gloom that followed.
• 5. The car's headlights pierced the gloom of darkness.
• 6. The man blended gradually into the gloom.
• 7. The news of defeat filled them all with gloom.
• 8. Why are people so full of gloom and doom?
• 9. One could therefore present Napoleon in terms of his desire to impress or Churchill in terms of his lonely gloom.
• 10. The gloom he was feeling gave way to frolic.
• 11. With the gloom of the contraltos added, one could scarcely help shuddering.
• 12. His face was barely discernible in the gloom.
• 13. It's about time you cast off that feeling of gloom and began to enjoy yourself.
• 14. In the gathering gloom it was difficult to see anything distinctly.
• 15. Life's not all gloom and despondency.
• 16. 'I wish I did,' said Phil Jordan, relapsing into his usual gloom.
• 17. The boys began to quiet down to whispers, now, for the stillness and gloom of the place oppressed their spirits.
• 18. The future seemed filled with gloom.
• 19. That's depressing stuff, but we're not all doom and gloom around here, and some areas in the country have terrific Internet.
• 20. There's a mood of gloom and despondency in the country.
• 21. "I wish I did," said Phil Jordan, relapsing into his usual gloom.
• 22. The gloom deepened after a thumping £ 45m loss at British Rail.
• 23. The gloom began to thicken, by-and-by, and the King realised that the night was coming on.
• 24. "Perhaps—perhaps I am bloated and feverish," said Colin, assuming a discouraging air of gloom.
• 25. They plunged into the narrow path between the tall sumach bushes, and were at once hidden in the gloom.
• 26. Science and gloom met there.
• 27. He walked through the gloom of the thick forest.
• 28. The children's bright smiles dispelled all his gloom.
• 29. My eyes were becoming accustomed to the gloom and I was able to make out a door at one side of the room.
• 30. My eyes were becoming accustomed to the gloom.
• 31. Ellery's return will help to chase away some of the gloom.
• 32. The boys moved off and disappeared in the gloom.
• 33. Don't let defeat fill you with gloom.
• 34. But the gloom will be overdone.
• 35. There was gloom above and darkness below, with no light from the sun or moon.
• 36. What can we do to chase her gloom away?
• 37. In the gloom, TEPCO's logo on the walls of the building resembles a mutant Mickey Mouse.
• 38. They could provide a ray of hope amid the general economic gloom.
• 39. There was a feeling of gloom and depression in the office when the news of the job cuts was announced.
• 40. The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture.
• 41. I was peering about me in the gloom.
• 42. They could provide a ray of hope amid the general business and economic gloom.
• 43. We watched the boats come back in the gathering gloom.
• 44. Fireflies sparkle in the gloom.
• 45. The flashlights barely penetrated the gloom.
• 46. Despite the obvious setbacks, it is not all doom and gloom for the England team.
• 47. The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.