cast gloom
Frequency: 5.02.9 per million words
To spread a feeling of sadness over an event or situation.
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Examples (10)
- The accident report cast a pall of gloom over the morning meeting.
- Talk of his ill health cast gloom over the celebrations.
- The postponement has cast a deep gloom across the fan base.
- Her sudden resignation cast a general gloom over the department.
- Rumors of layoffs are casting a long gloom over the industry.
- The weak earnings will cast renewed gloom on the markets tomorrow.
- The scandal had already cast a pervasive gloom over the campaign.
- Nothing could cast more gloom over the reunion than the news of the storm.
- The defeat cast an unmistakable gloom over the dressing room.
- Even the music couldn't lift the lingering gloom that the forecast had cast over the festival.