glumly

[ US /ˈɡɫəmɫi/ ]
[ UK /ɡlˈʌmli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a sullen manner
    he sat in his chair dourly
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How To Use glumly In A Sentence

  • “What can I say, I fight everyone,” I said glumly. Raziel
  • He stared glumly at the intersection as his friends placed him on the back of a police truck. Somali militants grow more brazen in attack
  • He sat looking out of the window, glumly taking in the commercial spires in the distance; his sallow, yearning spirit seemed to have come forth from some mute backland in which his efforts had a bitter, pioneer necessity. Grub Street: New York
  • Combined with his glumly parsimonious economic message, this social pessimism now makes him seem unappealingly bitter and recriminatory. Give the voters hope
  • He did not reply, but got into the car glumly, with a martyred expression.
  • Sitting glumly over a mug of cold water on the morning of my cholesterol test I came to realise just how much I depend on coffee to get me going at the start of the day.
  • Her mother sat glumly, examining some burnt umber paint on the back of her hand. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1)
  • She sits by the kitchen door looking glumly out and, at regular intervals, asking very loudly for the door to be opened so that she may sample the weather.
  • Why am I reflecting glumly on such thoughts as: ‘Beware your dreams, laddie, for some day they may be granted’?
  • They are a familiar sight, glumly pamphleting on the streets downtown in small drab groups.
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