| 单词 | cheerlessness |
| 例句 | Fifteen-year-old Mary lives a life of toil and cheerlessness on her father's farm. The Colour of Milk by Nell Leyshon – review 2012-06-15T21:55:06Z He denied the charge, however, and tried to comfort Mrs. Darling, who never for one moment forgot the little empty beds and the silence and cheerlessness of the nursery. The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie 2012-05-22T15:16:50.277Z To add to our unpleasant position, and, at the same time, to heighten the cheerlessness of the scene 143around us, the rain began to fall violently. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z In the Adriances' breakfast-room, an effort had been made to offset the outside cheerlessness by aid of lamps glowing under gold-colored shades. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z It did not look so long and narrow and the sunshine drove out the darkness and cheerlessness. The Teaching of Art Related to the Home Suggestions for content and method in related art instruction in the vocational program in home economics 2011-06-24T02:00:19.850Z And it seemed to her that they alone could be counted happy who knew how to lighten a little the cheerlessness and gloom. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z My Italian anticipations kept me up through all the cheerlessness of that time. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z The dismantled villa looked the picture of sordid cheerlessness, when stripped of all the little touches she had given it. Shadows of Flames A Novel A small hut now and then bursts upon the view, raising its lowly roof beneath the shelter of the mountain rock, and adds to the cheerlessness of the scene. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 The young Jewish maiden's life is cheerless before her wedlock, as she is shut out from the joys of social gatherings; and, after marriage, cheerlessness gives way to impenetrable gloom. Oriental Women My feeling of cheerlessness was not dispelled even by the warmth and comfort of the little inn. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain We hoped to find in the grounds some compensation for the cheerlessness of the interior of the castle; but here again we were doomed to disappointment. In Château Land There was a general air of cheerlessness and discomfort, but at any rate it was larger than the stateroom on the River Belle. The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains So I went back to the cold cheerlessness of Rivermead Mansions, and slept until the following morning. The Stretton Street Affair He knew from personal experience the cheerlessness of the house which has but lately harboured the dead. The Wind Before the Dawn Three hunted Jacobites, dragging themselves forward drearily, found the situation one of utter cheerlessness. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 Where cheerlessness, and hunger, and desponding toil, or hopeless apathy, brood continually. Humanity in the City When they have been drilled to know without joy, have become the day-labourers of learning, they are given diplomas for cheerlessness, and are sent forth into the world as teachers of the young. The Lost Art of Reading This late snow is trying: in its season, it is beautiful; but out of season, it breeds a cheerlessness that emphasises one’s loneliness. How to Cook Husbands But this damp cheerlessness has its advantages, for incessant humidity sheds perpetual verdure over the coast-districts, where the thermometer rarely falls as low as zero Fahr. From Paris to New York by Land Occasional pedestrians walked noiselessly over the damp ground, while the dismal howling of a dog added to the cheerlessness of the scene. Jack 1877 Sunday morning, impelled by the expense of our large retinue and the cheerlessness of our refuge, we pushed on for the foot of Wild Rice Lake, twenty miles distant over prairies and through forests. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science In these chapels, which to the population here were like what public squares are to the inhabitants of a city, every effort was made to lessen the surrounding cheerlessness. The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome It was the last word in cheerlessness, and there was no reason to think, Bruce told himself, that it would not be in such surroundings that he would end his days. The Man from the Bitter Roots Moved by his unexpected leniency and the aspect of his cheerlessness, she immediately repented of her response. Under the Rose The chill and cheerlessness of it all was reaching at the hearts of the boy and girl who were at the moment of parting. The Heart of Unaga Consider the change from comfort in the country to circumstances of cheerlessness in the city. Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. The cheerlessness of the house had struck him and the somber room, decorated, if one calls it decoration, with faded steel engravings of Landseer hunting dogs guarding dead birds and rabbits, impressed him. The Tyranny of Weakness For all the brilliant blaze of sunlight that brightened the large court-yard into which we were conducted, there was about it curious coldness and cheerlessness. The Aztec Treasure-House If the homely virtues are not cultivated there, society will suffer; if cold and cheerlessness are characteristic of its atmosphere, there will be little warmth in the disposition of its inmates toward society. Society Its Origin and Development These are minor matters, but yet add to the cheerlessness of the time after the strangers have gone. The Lone Ranche In the dim light the surroundings looked both poor and squalid, but porter and flyman vied with one another in a welcome so warm that it went far to dissipate the cheerlessness of the scene. Pixie O'Shaughnessy The driver's hat was white, like his bones; it drooped in weather-beaten limpness about his ears, hiding his face, but he appeared to have an hospitable heart in spite of the cheerlessness of his pursuit. Trail's End It had been raining in the afternoon, and as I drove up the avenue the mournful dripping of the rain from the dark trees accentuated the cheerlessness of the gloom. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels Instead of an age of joy and of elastic step, we are pointed to an iron rule of repression and cheerlessness. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Her person, drawing-room, flower-garden were fast showing neglect and cheerlessness, in spite of him, or to spite him, as he vowed savagely. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes The wind shrieked and moaned drearily, and what had been a cold, penetrating rain, had, as the darkness set in, frozen as it fell, and added to the general cheerlessness. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland The prospects I have been just describing as the goal of positive progress will seem, no doubt, to many to be quite impossible in its cheerlessness. Is Life Worth Living? The sleet fell where cold and cheerlessness seemed to be the natural state of things. Hills of the Shatemuc There was a stillness and gloom about these uninviting, dark houses; a cheerlessness not to be found in the densest woods. Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail The whole room had an air of severity and cheerlessness, yet it was clear that every thing was most carefully arranged, and continually swept and washed and dusted. Trumps Arjuna stood before her in great cheerlessness of heart. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Ignorance, attachment and error, heedlessness, stupefaction, and terror, meanness, cheerlessness, sleep, and procrastination,—these, when brought about by particular causes, are the properties of Tamas. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The house, built without mantelpiece or chimney, atoned for this cheerlessness with a large parlour stove, whose black arms carried warmth through floor and ceiling. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls There is no church so beautiful but they would reduce it to bleak and arid cheerlessness. A Wanderer in Holland A reddish, yellow light from a dingy oil lamp glowed sullenly, and added to the cheerlessness of the apartment. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest Penetrated with cheerlessness and despair, I fail to obtain peace of mind. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Lamenting the loss of Drona, and deprived of energy in consequence of their cheerlessness, they sat around the son of Sharadvata's daughter, afflicted with grief. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The cloud of thick, black smoke, rising slowly in the evening air, added to the general cheerlessness of the scene. The Downfall I was the best off in the inn by far; the others must have been colder, certainly had worse food to eat, and yet to me it was all the height of utmost cheerlessness. Across China on Foot No words can fairly picture the utter cheerlessness of a wintry dawn at sea. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Exceedingly afflicted by grief on account of her son, Virata's daughter, O king, seemed to be struck down for some time by sorrow and cheerlessness. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Having only addressed the king as thou, such cheerlessness hath possessed thy heart. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The house a scene of confusion, misrule, cheerlessness, and dirt. The Abominations of Modern Society It stretched away vacant and dull in the gray cheerlessness of a winter's morning. The Philanderers On this occasion, as is my custom when talking with young ladies, I did not fail to declaim against Byron's godlessness, heartlessness, cheerlessness, and heaven knows what besides. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Hearing these and many other words, O king, of Vrikodara, that were veritable darts, king Dhritarashtra gave way to cheerlessness and sorrow. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 How is it that thou that art the ruler of the world, thou that art conversant with all branches of knowledge, sufferest thy understanding to be clouded, in consequence of cheerlessness, like a coward? The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The same sternness and cheerlessness is to be seen in the poetry and painting of the pre-Raphaelites. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy If we did not bear in mind the piety expressed throughout his correspondence, their ascetic tone, and the remorse they seem to indicate, would convey a painful sense of cheerlessness and disappointment. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts After the silence and the cheerlessness of life in the Bentley house, she dreamed of stepping forth into an atmosphere that was warm and pulsating with life and reality. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life Others take it as implying one who destroys the cheerlessness of his worshippers. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 At last, moved by grief and cheerlessness, they waited there, indulging in bitter lamentations. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Thorpe's gaze recurred automatically at brief intervals to this portrait—which somehow produced the effect upon him of responsibility for the cheerlessness of the room. The Market-Place The tiny, grimy room, full of the smells of cooking and of "non-poisonous" paint, took on an aspect of desolation and cheerlessness lamentable beyond words. McTeague Such a companion for herself in the periods of anxiety and cheerlessness before her!—Such a partner in all those duties and cares to which time must be giving increase of melancholy! Emma The impulse of reaction from the rather grim cheerlessness of their wedding lent fresh gayety to their lighthearted, whimsical start at housekeeping. The Damnation of Theron Ware That great host, thus slaughtered, filled with cheerlessness and about to fly away, stood almost inactive, O monarch, assailed on all sides with weapons. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The room glowed with warmth and light that drove away the cheerlessness of a foggy, late August drizzle. Darkness and Dawn She liked the rain to beat into her face, for the dismal, monotonous cheerlessness of the brown fields, bare trees, and muddy roads was in keeping with the tragedy of her own young life. The House of Whispers Mrs. Carey waited a few moments, silently regarding the unequalled bareness, ugliness, and cheerlessness of the room. Mother Carey's Chickens Wandering on, she had reached a street which eclipsed in cheerlessness even its squalid neighbors. The Prince and Betty Her face did not at all change under that painful process, nor did she feel any cheerlessness on that account. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The tall and solemn trees, the high light upon the road, suggesting to us all sorts of joys struggling through the cheerlessness of life. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People While one scattered sunshine and blessings everywhere, the other carried with him a sense of cheerlessness and gloom. The Story of Siegfried But they were all so kind and hearty that I could no more give way to dejection than to chill and cheerlessness before a genial wood fire. A Day of Fate The grateful warmth of the room, the abrupt transition from gloom and cheerlessness to comfortable obscurity, had a more pronounced effect on the stranger than on her hostess. The Hollow of Her Hand Thus addressed by the Brahmana, Karna, hanging down his head from cheerlessness, returned timidly to Rama, reflecting on that matter."'" The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 I have spoken of the cheerlessness of the heavens. Dark Hollow There was such a quiet, conclusive acceptance of cheerlessness in the monosyllable. The Unspeakable Perk A vague foreboding discovered to her the cheerlessness, and she shivered in anticipating the dreariness that awaited her. Beulah He locked the door, and Beryl found herself at last alone, in the dreary little den where a single gas burner served only to show the surrounding cheerlessness. At the Mercy of Tiberius The shores of the stream, though crowded with those spouses of heroes, looked as broad as the ocean and presented a spectacle of sorrow and cheerlessness. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 To this cheerlessness was added a gusty rain without, that filmed the panes of the windows and doors, and veiled from the passer-by the usual tempting display of snowy cloths and china. Colonel Starbottle's Client They looked in at the open door and snorted at the cheerlessness of the place. The Flying U's Last Stand He forgot the cheerlessness which he was about to face, the lonely night before him. The Vanished Messenger Casting off this cheerlessness by repentance, address thyself with a strong will to action. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Let no cheerlessness be thine, O king, while slaying foes. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Wherever the hero encountered death in the midst of foes without displaying ignoble fear or cheerlessness, he has succeeded in earning regions hereafter of eternal bliss."'" The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Cast off sorrow and cheerlessness, and abstain from parental affection. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Whatever state of consciousness exists united with any feeling of discontent or cheerlessness should be regarded as occasioned by an accession of the attribute of Passion into the mind. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Dispelling this cheerlessness that overspreads thy face, listen to me with undivided attention. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 |
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