mournfully

Our inability to agree on a common set of facts and truths remains a mournfully repeated refrain, demonstrated within the substance of Tuesday night’s statements and rebuttals between the candidates.

She paused, and added mournfully, “I was flabbergasted.”

As he waits for sellers, he “educates” his viewers on the futility of buybacks, mournfully noting, “It feels like this is a giant line to euthanize kittens.”

The kind of snow that feels like the first snow even when it isn’t, those light bright flakes that hang in the air so mournfully and beautifully you’d think you were on set for the holiday special except you can feel them melting on your chapped lips.

More recently, there was the “sad girl aesthetic” era of Tumblr — young women posting photos of themselves with mascara tears running down their cheeks, or black-and-white selfies in which they’re staring mournfully into the distance, with quotes about depression and existential ennui for captions.