He surpassed even his own record for lugubrious false prophecy.
But with people not of our lugubrious race that sort of conduct tends to be misunderstood.
An ounce of actual experience will be worth a ton of the present lugubrious and sometimes over-enthusiastic speculations.
I think now we have been a little too lugubrious.
I believe that it is also generally agreed as a lugubrious prophecy that the value of money will continue to fall.
But there is no need to be lugubrious.
He seems to take a rather lugubrious view of the country's prospects altogether.
It is perhaps rather lugubrious luck that his principal triumph should be as a superbly skilful funeral undertaker.