Sentence examples for cheerlessness from inspiring English sources

In a ruling that threatens to cement a national reputation for cheerlessness, a French court has decided to uphold a ban on smiling in pictures taken for passports or identity papers.

The warning attracted a few ripostes about cheerlessness but 35 "likes" in favour of a crackdown amid references to children wrapping snow round stones.

Fifteen-year-old Mary lives a life of toil and cheerlessness on her father's farm.

Broadway 'ABSURD PERSON SINGULAn' An uninspired revival of Alan Ayckbourn's classic farce of marital misery and Christmas cheerlessness, directed by John Tillinger.

(It also leaves elements hanging, like Mr. Cheadle's robber, who ends up transforming Jack's life. Taking Clarence the angel from "It's a Wonderful Life" and making him a black man with a handgun isn't going to make this movie any more chic.) Despite its lumpy cheerlessness, "The Family Man" squeezes out a few laughs.