Example sentences for: gloomy

How can you use “gloomy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In a gloomy editorial Wednesday, the Moscow Times attacked the legacy of former President Boris Yeltsin and questioned the merits of his successor, Vladimir Putin.

  • The gloomy spin: This shows the desperate measures people will take to escape Chinese oppression . The rosier spin: This shows the desperate measures people will take to gain American freedom .

  • Who needs some gloomy Gus who harangues you about torture, rape, and murder all the time?

  • “Though I pass through a gloomy valley, I fear no harm” is like “Though I pass through Wichita on a rainy day on the way to California, I won't have an accident in my automobile”; “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil” is no casual passing by but step-by-step pacing through life with death constantly threatening and the devil's evil lure contemned, reminding us of Adam and Eve who, tempted by the devil, were enticed and ate from the tree of Good and Evil (not harm!)

  • Forget Sister Wendy and her gloomy paintings; glass, shimmering and vacant, is the ideal TV art, a match for Riverdance and the tenors.


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