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 Marie de France
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 John Fiske
She had that dolent, troubled look in her eyes.
From Là-bas by Keene Wallace
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
