dolent
Example Sentences
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But the dolent accents returned as he opened his proofs and read them.
From Balzac by Frederick Lawton
And in such measure as the Franks rejoiced, so were the Greeks dolent, because right willingly would they have seen the Franks quarrelling and at war.
From Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffroi de Villehardouin
When the King heard thereof he was passing heavy and dolent, and considered within himself how he might be delivered from this grief.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
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 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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 Marie de France
