| com, 11 June 2021 These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dreary | depressing, joyless, somber, weary, disconsolate, depressive, cheerless, gloomy, sullen, dismal, moody, bleak, desolate, dreary, damp, dark, glum, gray, grey, leaden, sombre, grievous, drear, melancholy, dolorous, saddening, sad, dyspeptic |
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| — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2021 The British traditionally flock to Portugal as a respite from their often dreary weather, much as New Yorkers use Florida to escape winter |
Subjective well-being, a phenotype that is genetically correlated with both of these traits, has not yet been studied with genome-wide data.
| We identify 3 variants associated with subjective well-being, 2 variants associated with depressive symptoms, and 11 variants associated with neuroticism, including 2 inversion polymorphisms | ' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors |
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| The two loci associated with depressive symptoms replicate in an independent depression sample | the bleak years of the depression often suggests lack of hope or promise |
— Daniel Manzo, ABC News, 30 May 2021 Annika Sorenstam slightly bent her knees and prepared a practice swing underneath dreary skies and slight winds Monday morning.
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