dolent
Example Sentences
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She regarded him with her smoky eyes, in which he now saw that dolent, almost dolorous expression which had captivated him.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
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 Villehardouin, Geoffroi de
Souvent j'allais jadis aux guinguettes pour y voir danser le menu peuple; mais ses danses étaient si maussades, son maintien si dolent, si gauche, que j'en sortais plutot contristé que réjoui.'
From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman
Si d'aventure aucû chevalier non hardy ou paresseux te possède après ma mort j'en seray grandement dolent.
From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart
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
