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tristful

[trist-fuhl] / ˈtrɪst fəl /


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There are few sadder poems than this with its tristful refrain, even in the works of Mr. Hardy.

From Old and New Masters by Robert Lynd

But if I here could see the tristful soul   Of Guido, or Alessandro, or their brother,   For Branda's fount I would not give the sight.

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"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

It has a very tristful and taciturn expression….

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn

For God's sake, lords, convey my tristful Queen; For tears do stop the floodgates of her eyes.

From King Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare




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