dolefuls
Example Sentences
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Oh! don’t look so serious, Amos; you are always in the dolefuls now.
From Amos Huntingdon by Theodore P. Wilson
When my first-cousin-once-removed, Rupert, was twelve years old, his mother died, and he was in the dolefuls about it for more than a year.
From The Lady of the Shroud by Bram Stoker
"Come! come! don't be getting into the dolefuls already," cried Zack, administering an exhilarating thump on the back to his friend.
From Hide and Seek by Wilkie Collins
It is a passing fit of the dolefuls.
From A Crooked Path A Novel by Mrs. Alexander
It would never do to be in the dolefuls over Christmas!
From About Peggy Saville by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
