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Recent Examples of lugubrious In one lugubrious sequence in which various members of Willie’s children’s generation take part in a pickleball tournament, the young men attempt to trash-talk one another. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 1 June 2025 Jesus and Mahavira: lanky, lugubrious men, asking me to choose between them. Tishani Doshi, New York Times, 18 May 2025 Despite its lugubrious atmosphere, the characters’ problems could now be cleared up with some penicillin and, say, a book club. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025 The locker room was far from lugubrious following an indicting 114-98 loss Tuesday to the weary and mediocre Miami Heat. Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lugubrious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lugubrious
Adjective
  • The White House moved Thursday's 9/11 ceremony at the Pentagon into the courtyard, away from the 9/11 memorial where the somber ceremony has been held for decades, in light of Kirk's killing.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This was a somber visit, and the group was reverent, hushed.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lush cellos and mournful piano trills coexist with the overall less-is-more sound.
    Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Similarly, the discreetly mournful compositions of Giorgio Matteo and Aki Oliviero’s score hover politely on the periphery of the (in)action, careful not to intrude.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Yes, there are good reasons to question NASA's long-term plans for the Artemis lunar program—the woeful cost of the Space Launch System rocket, the complexity of new commercial landers, and a bleak budget outlook.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That's rather bleak, while Charlie Sheen's life has just been bonkers.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Adjective
  • Buchwald pointed to research from The Lancet Psychiatry which found adults who engaged in regular physical activity experienced a 25 percent reduction in depressive symptoms.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • As someone who has never been swayed by Gad’s particular brand of obnoxiously chipper humor, Noah’s depressive snark finds him in a much more comfortable register.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The necklace has accessorized past funeral attire for the Princess of Wales.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Many other members of the royal family were among the funeral attendees, including Princess Anne and her husband Sir Timothy Laurence, Sophie the Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His relentless prepackaged positivity — even in the wake of depressing game day results — turned him into something of a punch line.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The depressing effect of the seasonality is somewhat offset by the ‘5’ effect.
    Bill Sarubbi, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And utterly heartbroken for Charlie’s young family.
    Amanda Castro Gabe Whisnant Anna Commander Toby Meyjes Shane Croucher John Feng Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The woman noted that canceling the shower has left her heartbroken.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Lugubrious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lugubrious. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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