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Meanings of dolorous in English
Usage of dolorous in English
1
He was returning to a flat in the dolorous edifice of civilisation.
2
The rest of the house presented an equally dolorous and forsaken appearance.
3
The dolorous music of the band filled her with a gentle ecstasy.
4
At this Pierre could not refrain from a dolorous and vivacious interruption.
5
Then she gazed out before her, with a feeling of dolorous surprise.
6
Look at her: her forehead clouded, her glance vague, her mouth dolorous.
7
That is dolorous, is it not, reader?-andstrikes you to the heart.
8
I differed from him, 'O, sir,' said he, 'a most dolorous country!'
9
He tried the effect of dolorous sighs and groans; but Mrs.
10
Rupert Brooke was a pawn in the dark and dolorous flight from Antwerp.
11
The dolorous eyes peer sadly through the opening door of this new theater.
12
A smile appeared on the dolorous lips of the impotent hero.
13
And the Indian began a dolorous chanting, which he continued throughout the night.
14
Strange to say, David found considerable satisfaction in these dolorous predictions.
15
The context made it plain he considered dolorous a high commendation.
16
He broke into dolorous song and turned back into the cookhouse.
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