mournfulness
Example Sentences
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She was not calling to me, but to her team: and as I put Molly at the slope, her chant rose and fell in the mournfullest singsong.
From The Splendid Spur by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Whereat the mournfullest of smiles Creased his dry skin with many a fold.
From The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems by Morris, William
Weak is the tremor of pain That thrills in his mournfullest chord To that which once ran through his soul.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew
We cannot get along without soul; we stick fast, the mournfullest spectacle; and salt itself will not save us!
From Past and Present by Carlyle, Thomas
On the 30th day of October, in the year of grace one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, there was gathered together a congregation to assist at the mournfullest service ever heard in any church.
From As We Are and As We May Be by Besant, Walter, Sir
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