GLOOM in a Sentence
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169 example sentences for GLOOM, such as:
1. The gloom had disappeared from it.
2. He remained sunk in gloom for several days.
3. One discounts in terrestrial gloom celestial light.
4. The gloom deepened as the election results came in.
5. Though lighted up, this wild throng remained in gloom.
2. He remained sunk in gloom for several days.
3. One discounts in terrestrial gloom celestial light.
4. The gloom deepened as the election results came in.
5. Though lighted up, this wild throng remained in gloom.
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Meanings and Examples of GLOOM
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gloom
n. a state of partial or total darkness
n. a feeling of melancholy apprehension
Classic Sentence: (158 in 11 pages)
1 A gravity mingled with gloom was imprinted on his countenance.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
2 He opened his eyes and stared into the gloom which surrounded him; then he closed them again, with the intention of going to sleep once more.
3 In general, they conspired to regulate the conduct of his life; they turned him towards the gloom; they rendered him kindly and simple; they counselled him to the same things.
4 The Empire sank into a gloom which resembled that of the Roman world as it expired.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT
5 At the moment when the hubbub of demons retreated, one would have said that a choir of angels was approaching through the gloom.
6 One discounts in terrestrial gloom celestial light.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME
7 That hymn of the angels which he had heard in the middle of the night, was the nuns chanting matins; that hall, of which he had caught a glimpse in the gloom, was the chapel.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVEN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVEN...
8 The gloom had disappeared from it.
9 They plunged among the trees of the boulevard behind him, and there created, for a few minutes, in the gloom, a sort of vague white spot, then disappeared.
10 It reappeared in that gloom, in that garret, in that misshapen attic, in all that horror.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VIII—THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VIII—THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL
11 Though lighted up, this wild throng remained in gloom.
12 At the bottom of this abyss, they could see the musket of a sentinel gleaming through the gloom.
13 It gnashes and whispers, completing the gloom with mystery.
14 Your heart remains with you, you gaze upon it in the gloom with a shudder.
15 There they parted, and she saw these six men plunge into the gloom, where they appeared to melt away.
Example Sentence:
1 Have no doubts because of trouble nor be thou discomtited; for the water of life's fountain springeth from a gloom bed.
2 In the gathering gloom it was difficult to see anything distinctly.
3 In the gloom I could only just discern the outline of a building.
4 The conference begins this week against a backdrop of unmitigated gloom.
5 The gloom deepened as the election results came in.
6 In the gloom of the thick forest, they nearly lost their way.
7 In the gathering gloom it was hard to see anythingdistinctly.
8 He remained sunk in gloom for several days.
9 The sardonic smile which occasionally broke through his ascetic gloom boded little good for the object of our quest.
10 At a time when news has been a dark canvas of conflicts and calamities worldwide, the announcement beamed a bright light through the gloom.
11 To the dismay of his parents, William became seriously despondent after he broke up with Jan; they despaired of finding a cure for his gloom.