dolent
Example Sentences
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After "that most dolent day"* we hear no more of Dunbar.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
She had that dolent, troubled look in her eyes.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
Through me the way is to the city dolent; Through me the way is to eternal dole; Through me the way among the people lost.
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
When all had been rehearsed and shown to him, and he had well considered the matter, the knight was very dolent; yet in no wise would he avenge himself wrongfully.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
By turns they were dolent, forsaken, languorous, and haughty.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
