tristful
Example Sentences
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Carmelo, as he crouched at the tiller, was singing, in a low, clear alto, some tristful little melody.
From Chita: a Memory of Last Island by Lafcadio Hearn
"Whoever will give any information of these unfortunate, tristful gentlemen to the Hartford Convention, will confer a favor on humanity."
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
Is true inheritor of Judah's throne, Last born of tristful Ochoziah's children, Reared up, you know it, by the name of Joas.
From Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825) by J. Donkersley
Suzette had tristful eyes when they rested upon this cemetery.
From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by George Alfred Townsend
A marsh it makes, which has the name of Styx, This tristful brooklet, when it has descended Down to the foot of the malign gray shores.
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
