dolent
Example Sentences
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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
She had that dolent, troubled look in her eyes.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
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
N'est pas mervelle se j'ai lo cuer dolent Cant li miens sires tient ma terre en torment.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry
The literary epicure may keenly relish such epithets as dolent; but the common English reader, who loves plain fare, can hardly fail to be startled by it.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John
