as in darkening
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
mental patients who were once condemned to spend their lives in the sunless confines of a state asylum
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Recent Examples of sunless
The Box had a slighty funhouse mirror quality to it, probably because the set was housed at the Fell’s Point Recreation Pier, a sunless relic of better days in Charm City.
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Paul McGuire, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
The sunless winter caused extraordinary disorientation; her imagination conjured phantoms from the dark.
—Taymour Soomro Scott Conarroe, New York Times, 10 May 2023
What governs the sunless vistas is not a peaceable kingdom but a fierce contest for life, occasionally made vivid for us by the fiery, bioluminescent nature of its display.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
Its hangar can hold three miniature submarines for taking humans into the sunless depths.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2020
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Paul McGuire, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
The sunless winter caused extraordinary disorientation; her imagination conjured phantoms from the dark.
—Taymour Soomro Scott Conarroe, New York Times, 10 May 2023
What governs the sunless vistas is not a peaceable kingdom but a fierce contest for life, occasionally made vivid for us by the fiery, bioluminescent nature of its display.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
Its hangar can hold three miniature submarines for taking humans into the sunless depths.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunless
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Black eyes, dark hair, Han is blocking the exit, standing with his hands on his hips, like a big fat X.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sean getting beaten up at the end of the last episode was a dark moment, but Shrinking never lets a story stay serious for very long.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Some recipients responded to the texts with anger and others with a sense of humor, but many agree that the messages seem to be a bleak foreshadowing.Char Adams, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The stock's fate hinges on the 2024 presidential election results, with potential appreciation if Trump wins, but a bleak outlook if Kamala Harris prevails.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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As a lonely nerd in a suburb, there was something about the way that there were pop-cultural objects, at the last possible time when there was analog technology, that really wove into the fabric of your soul.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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But breaking that ground was an often lonely endeavor for a Black artist in mid-century Hollywood.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The rolling hills of Laikipia, located on the equator, give way to the vast, desolate sand dunes of the Suguta Valley below, before lakes flooded with flamingos come into view.Shaun Stanley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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Pedro Páramo, which is considered one of the two frontrunners to represent Mexico at the Academy Awards, transports its audience to Comala, where a desolate Mexican town hauntingly blurs the lines between life and death.Travis Bean, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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What’s more, twice as many people in the group that got the active treatment reported remission of their depressive symptoms compared with people in the placebo group: 45% vs. 22%.Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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While both psilocybin and escitalopram showed comparable improvement in depressive symptoms, people who took psilocybin reported greater joy in their lives — a significant plus in keeping depression at bay.Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
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Loading your audio article The national election news was downright depressing for many in the Bay Area, but there was a lot of cause for celebration among local candidates Tuesday night.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Dreadful game of the week: Cleveland Browns at Philadelphia Eagles — The Browns are just depressing, saddled with the debacle that is the acquisition of quarterback Deshaun Watson, whose numbers are just dreadful.Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
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As results from the presidential election trickled in showing Vice President Kamala Harris’s growing deficit to former President Donald Trump, Simon took a somber tone.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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From Bill Plaschke: The silent, somber Bronx suddenly was bathed in joyous dancing blue, a screaming scrum leaping and bouncing and hugging into history.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, Springsteen wore a red and gray flannel coat, dark blue jeans, dark boots, a gray scarf and black Wayfarer sunglasses.Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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What is the most popular color for a house exterior? Among homeowners painting exterior wall colors, Sargsyan shares that the 2024 US Houzz Outdoor Trends Study found neutrals are the top choice, specifically white (23%), gray (19%) and beige (10%).Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Sunless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunless. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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