A lifetime of hardship had etched lines of dourness upon his face.
A touch of humor can often alleviate even the most profound dourness.
Despite his dourness, he had a hidden talent for writing children's stories.
Despite his initial dourness, he eventually warmed up to the new project.
Even good news seemed to be filtered through a lens of dourness.
He attributed his dourness to a genetic predisposition.
He blamed his dourness on a childhood filled with disappointment.
He blamed his dourness on the pressures of his demanding job.
He found himself succumbing to the pervasive dourness of his workplace.
He found it difficult to connect with people due to his persistent dourness.
He found it difficult to escape the pervasive sense of dourness that surrounded him.
He found solace in his dourness, a comfortable shield against the world.
He masked his anxiety with a carefully cultivated air of dourness.
He realized that his dourness was preventing him from enjoying life.
He realized that his dourness was pushing people away.
He recognized the seeds of dourness taking root within his own heart.
He struggled to overcome his innate predisposition to dourness.
He struggled to overcome the inertia of his deeply ingrained dourness.
He struggled to shake off the cloud of dourness that hung over him.
He tried to lighten the mood, but his efforts were met with stony dourness.
He was surprised to find a flicker of humor beneath his friend's dourness.
He was surprised to find a hint of optimism beneath his friend's dourness.
Her attempts to lighten his dourness were consistently unsuccessful.
Her cheerful disposition was a stark contrast to his inherent dourness.
Her chronic dourness made it difficult to enjoy even the brightest summer days.
His dourness made him a difficult colleague to work with.
His dourness was a constant reminder of his past failures.
His dourness was a constant reminder of his unfulfilled potential.
His dourness was a defense mechanism against further pain.
His dourness was a mask, hiding a deep well of vulnerability.
His dourness was a stark contrast to the other attendees at the party.
His dourness was often misinterpreted as rudeness.
His dourness was often mistaken for arrogance.
His dourness was often mistaken for disinterest.
His dourness was only surpassed by his stubbornness.
His reputation for dourness preceded him.
She attributed his dourness to a lack of sleep and proper nutrition.
She attributed his dourness to a lack of social interaction.
She fought against the creeping dourness that threatened to consume her spirit.
She found his dourness both intriguing and frustrating.
She found his dourness oddly appealing, a sign of genuine depth.
She found his dourness strangely comforting, a sign of shared experience.
She realized that his dourness was a barrier to intimacy.
She realized that his dourness was a sign of deep-seated unhappiness.
She suspected his dourness was a way of controlling those around him.
She suspected that his dourness was a form of self-punishment.
She suspected that his dourness was a way of protecting himself from vulnerability.
She tried to find a way to alleviate his chronic state of dourness.
She tried to find a way to break through his emotional dourness.
She tried to ignore his dourness and focus on his positive qualities.
She tried to inject some humor into his otherwise dour existence.
She used her wit to combat his relentless dourness.
She was determined to break through his wall of dourness.
She wondered if his dourness was a learned behavior or an inherent trait.
She wondered if his dourness was a permanent fixture of his personality.
She wondered if his dourness was a symptom of a deeper underlying issue.
The article examined the root causes of national dourness in times of crisis.
The author explored the psychological impact of chronic dourness on relationships.
The author skillfully portrayed the character's internal struggles against dourness.
The bleak landscape seemed to encourage a certain level of dourness.
The book explored the challenges of coping with a loved one's ingrained dourness.
The book explored the challenges of living with someone prone to dourness.
The character's dourness added a layer of complexity to the story.
The character's dourness served as a foil to the protagonist's optimism.
The character's dourness was a source of both humor and pathos.
The comedian attempted to puncture the audience's collective dourness with a silly joke.
The comedian's attempt to be funny was met with a wall of silent dourness.
The company's financial woes contributed to an atmosphere of widespread dourness.
The dark clouds mirrored the general dourness of the day.
The doctor attributed his patient's dourness to chronic fatigue.
The economic downturn contributed to a general atmosphere of dourness and uncertainty.
The film explored the psychological roots of chronic dourness.
The film explored the societal factors that contribute to widespread dourness.
The film explored themes of loss and resilience, ultimately transcending its initial dourness.
The general's dourness intimidated even his most seasoned officers.
The heavy fog added to the general sense of gloom and dourness.
The heavy rain seemed to amplify the city's inherent dourness.
The holiday season couldn't quite penetrate his ingrained dourness.
The landscape seemed to mirror his own internal state of dourness.
The lawyer's dourness was a calculated strategy in the courtroom.
The music was beautiful, but tinged with a subtle sense of dourness.
The music, though technically brilliant, was ultimately weighed down by a pervasive dourness.
The music's somber tone only reinforced his existing dourness.
The news report highlighted the growing sense of economic dourness in the region.
The news report highlighted the growing sense of political dourness in the country.
The novel's stark landscape reflected the characters' internal dourness.
The old house seemed to exude a palpable sense of dourness.
The old lighthouse keeper's dourness was legendary in the coastal town.
The oppressive silence and overall dourness of the room was palpable.
The painting captured the sitter's dourness with unsettling accuracy.
The painting reflected the artist's own sense of existential dourness.
The play explored the complexities of human nature, including the capacity for dourness.
The play explored the themes of alienation and existential dourness.
The politician's dourness didn't exactly endear him to the younger voters.
The rain and the gray skies intensified the overall dourness of the city.
The receptionist's perpetual dourness was a major source of complaints.
The teacher's dourness made the classroom an uninviting space.
The therapist explored the origins of his patient's lifelong dourness.
The therapist helped him to understand the roots of his persistent dourness.
The village was known for its peculiar brand of rural dourness.