low in spirits

Example Sentences

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Husseini could sense that his brother was low in spirits, but then again, so was nearly everyone.

From Time • Oct. 6, 2016

When he's a little low in spirits, he reads his well-thumbed Bible: "The Bible gives me lots of imagination ... it really picks me up."

From Time Magazine Archive

I am weary to-night and low in spirits.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

I have been feeling rather low in spirits these last two days.

From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing

Cohenlupe had been very low in spirits, and was still low in spirits; but he was somewhat better after the visit of the great man to the City.

From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony