morosely

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Adverb
  • People can be seen running along the top of the bus and sitting on the front bumper as the driver stares glumly ahead from inside windows tagged with graffiti.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the conservative nonprofit American Action Forum, has watched glumly as Republicans have drifted away from their small-government traditions.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • In Time Regained, the concluding volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, an older version of the narrator gloomily decides to attend a gathering at the Guermantes’ mansion.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Take, for example, Keanu Reeves, who was memeified after a photo of the actor sullenly eating a sandwich went viral.
    Ben Pettis, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Like a fisherman left empty-handed after a heavy pull at her line, the woman sullenly took Sam’s picture.
    Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • War of the Worlds star Ice Cube now has another reason to stare forlornly at his computer.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
  • One of the most affecting shots shows McCartney glancing forlornly at a seat beside him at the mixing desk.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • The music came back on, and the men danced somberly to wedding music.
    Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Joseph and his supporters were clad in green and white and marched somberly to the election council’s headquarters.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • In a chatbot, darkly There are a few ways, some of which are more straightforward than others, to ensure that your personal data doesn’t end up in Google’s AI training set.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Simple, shocking, darkly beautiful imagery and an extreme performance dramatize the psyche of a man deeply disappointed with his childhood, who seeks to recreate it by any means possible.
    William Earl, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Then there is the steady stream of profiles on tech billionaires joylessly devoting themselves to maximizing their lifespan.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Furyk getting another go at things after already failing miserably signals the PGA has no idea how to even begin trying to turn things around.
    Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • This is about law enforcement who are doing their jobs and a suspect who tried to do something and failed miserably.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Morosely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morosely. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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