in gloom
Frequency: 6.05.0 per million words
In a state of sadness.
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Examples (10)
- She was in a deep gloom because not even a postcard had arrived from Ricky.
- The nation was deep in gloom.
- He was sunk in deep gloom at the prospect of being alone.
- After the verdict, the courtroom sat in gloom.
- I woke up in gloom, though the sun was bright.
- They trudged home in gloom after the defeat.
- Deep in gloom, he deleted the unfinished draft.
- We refused to stay in gloom and went out for a walk.
- Her emails grew terse as she drifted in gloom.
- For weeks, the office worked in gloom after the layoffs.