spleenful

Example Sentences

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A Peugeot had a headlight demolished by a spleenful buffalo; another car hit a giraffe.

From Time Magazine Archive

We regretted, for Thackeray's own sake, that he had permitted himself, in some spleenful moment, to commit an injustice, which would sooner or later be apparent to his own mind.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various

Smallbones kept up a fiery run of comment and spleenful argument on every individual who backed the doctor in his demand for moderation.

From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Cullum, Ridgwell

Ah, those maladette bestie di serpenti—they swarmed among the rocks: they were of every kind and size; worst of all, the spleenful naja.

From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Douglas, Norman

That his motive in enlightening his employer upon those matters which went on in his absence was largely spleenful, even revengeful, there could be no doubt.

From The Way of the Strong by Cullum, Ridgwell