dolorous

Example Sentences

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Still, few poems are more famous than “The Raven” with its dolorous tocsin, “Nevermore.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2021

My Quichotte is not dolorous of countenance, but cheerful; an optimist, hopeful, believing in love.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2019

Sleep-deprived and dolorous in nostalgia, I’d reverted to my old role as the gloomy one.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 22, 2016

That dolorous unity finally broke down with the appearance of Séléka, which inflicted more suffering on Central Africans than they were willing to bear.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2014

She was slumped over and her face was dolorous.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers