tristful
Example Sentences
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Suzette had tristful eyes when they rested upon this cemetery.
From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by Townsend, George Alfred
There are few sadder poems than this with its tristful refrain, even in the works of Mr. Hardy.
From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert
Ye have made me, ye have made me Querulous of you, that care not, Eyes so tristful, yet I dare not Say to what ye have betrayed me.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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 Hearn, Lafcadio
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.