museful

Example Sentences

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She was sitting in her own apartment in a museful posture.

From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

She led him, in museful silence, At once through the open door, And his hope grew bright, like a fairy light, That flickered and danced before!

From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence

Her museful ardours were chilled by the looks of Ormond.

From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

There would not soon be found, I ween, One foot of ground among those bands For museful thought, So many shriekers of the keen Would cry aloud and clap their hands, All woe distraught!

From A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

Thus museful rode the Tyrant, princely plumed, To his high seat upon the sacred rock: And Solon, blank beside his rule, resumed The meditation which that passing mock Had buffeted awhile to sallowness.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George