dolent
Example Sentences
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When the sailors heard this they were very dolent, but there was naught that they might do.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
After "that most dolent day"* we hear no more of Dunbar.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
Very dolent and right heavy was the fair lady that thus her lord had fled his house.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
She had that dolent, troubled look in her eyes.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
Very dolent was he and sorely troubled that so young a knight should be esteemed above his fathers.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
