dolent
Example Sentences
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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
She had that dolent, troubled look in her eyes.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
After "that most dolent day"* we hear no more of Dunbar.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
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
Dole and dolent are doubtless the exact counterparts of dolore and dolente, so far as mere etymology can go.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John
