Sentence examples for gloomy without from inspiring English sources

During the recent heatwave, Simcox became uncharacteristically gloomy: without rain, the ants stay in their nest and eventually resort to eating their own grubs, including the grub-impersonating large blues.

In contrast to the uncertainty pertaining to the onset of pSS and the initial consequences in terms of increased caries lesions, the future perspectives on the patients' dental health seem gloomy without professional preventive intervention.

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Investors wondered why the Fed would release such a gloomy statement without announcing more drastic action to stimulate the economy, said Clark Yingst, chief market analyst for the investment firm Joseph Gunnar.

Yes, it has boozers, brawls and a tart with a heart, but its tone is very much its own: gritty without being gloomy, soft-hearted without being sentimental.

He was attracted to the movement, he told me, because it alone seems to understand how to persuade people to address the world's gloomiest challenges without shoving them into denial or depression.

I had just finished my first year at university, Margaret Thatcher had won her third general election, I was feeling gloomy and adrift without clear plans for the summer, and following the cricket helped to give my aimless days shape and definition.

But when she hears how gloomy Adam has grown without her, she flies back to America, specifying a night flight when she books her ticket.

Limited opportunities: Rural women postworkers © This gloomy picture is not without its critics.

For the ones that do, perhaps they would be better off without a gloomy Greek chorus.

The Denver Nuggets may have found their way into a gloomy funk, but not without some light shining through to provide a counterbalance of optimism.