1.   His ill health had cast a gloom over the Christmas holidays.

2.   Rumours of his ill-health had cast gloom over the previous weeks, and his presence - on foot - brought great applause.

3.   The fact of the funeral cast a gloom upon the day.

4.   If sadness, O mother mine, casts a gloom on your face,

5.   Israel and the Palestinians traded new recriminations Sunday over the stalled peace process, casting gloom on prospects for any breakthrough in talks later this month with President Clinton.

6.   The killings have cast further gloom over stalled diplomatic efforts to resolve the Serb-Albanian standoff in Kosovo.

7.   The pall of uncertainty has also cast gloom in the money and stock markets.

8.   The Palestinian leader cast further gloom on Israeli-Palestinian relations by dismissing a face-to-face meeting with Netanyahu to defuse tension as pointless.

9.   The early-morning sunshine was replaced by drizzling rain, casting more gloom on the scene and washing away blood from the asphalt.