Merl felt differently now; the scene before him was wilder and gloomier than anything he had ever beheld.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
It was the first time he had been near it since the night he had the scuffle with Stephen on the lawn; and, to Jack's eyes, it looked gloomier than ever.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
He slunk about brooding in silence, his mind ever gloomier, his thoughts ever darkened, and at last melancholy took such hold of him that the vision of his victim began to haunt him.
"The Silent Mill"
Hermann Sudermann