museful
Example Sentences
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Her museful ardours were chilled by the looks of Ormond.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
She was sitting in her own apartment in a museful posture.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
Not so the museful sage:—abroad he walks Contemplative, if haply he may find What cause controls the tempest's rage, or whence, Amidst the savage season, Winter smiles.
From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
From the museful distance the giant removed his gaze and upon the boy at his side he bent a kindly look.
From An Arkansas Planter by Opie Percival Read
Forever smiling thro' its season brief, The one in glory and the one in grief: Forever painting to our museful sight, How lowlihead and loveliness unite.
From Poems — Volume 1 by George Meredith
