“On a brumal November day, the Sarmania was to sail on her first trip under the Sutton house-flag.”

“But even those few cafes at street level wallow in an atmosphere of brumal gloom so dense that, even at midday, you have to peer at the menu to make it out.”

“He shivers in brumal blasts, and hungry he chirps before your door.”

“The marshlands thereabouts remained very brumous for most of the winters.”

“When I came upon the deli, its sign glowing like a beacon in the brumous night, a slight twinge of anticipation quickened my pace.”

“Hard-heartedness towards children has long been thought to characterize those brumous isles of my birth.”