Sentence examples for close to gloom from inspiring English sources

It's a bid for attraction that hints of mixed emotion — confidence compromised by desperation, joy perilously close to gloom.

That optimism became something closer to gloom when their man netted a backhand to fall a break down early in the second, prompting a rare outburst of frustration from the man himself, but once again Federer found his game when behind.

It had earlier reported that it was close to running out of cash.Amid gloom, glimmers of light.

For those who were close to Mr. Rabin, this shift has been a source of gloom.

After a nasty bear market, prices are now close to their 2000 peaks.Having shaken off a sense of gloom, Hong Kong's retail investors now seem to have forgotten things can ever go wrong.

Inside, the painting - nearly 4m-tall - is well-lit, and you can stand close to a canvas that normally hangs behind an altar in holy gloom.

The result is likely to be America's first consumer-led downturn in close to two decades.Home is where the rot startsThe biggest source of gloom is housing.

Citibank this week added to the gloom, with a warning that oil prices could head close to $20.

Yet, moving like phantoms through the gloom, covered in oil for hours on end, these men were too close to danger to think of anything but the job at hand.

In the cellar of Bodegas Tradición, a niche producer of aged sherries, amid the gloom of 625-litre casks of American oak, the temperature is 25°C, while the thermometer outside edges close to 40°C.

But some habits are immune to gloom.