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

He was down-hearted and low in spirits, but not the less determined to be just in all that he did.

From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony

Already low in spirits, the prospect of going unshaven could but aggravate my funk.

From Ruggles of Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon