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Meanings of dolorous tone in English

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Usage of dolorous tone in English
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Margaret decided that they must begin without him, and poor Mary's verse was read, in consequence, with a most dolorous tone.
The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations
2
Fontanares How is it that you, usually so brave and merry, begin now to speak to me in such a dolorous tone?
The Resources of Quinola: A Comedy in a Prologue and Five Acts
3
After that, while the two were at loggerheads, Gaga began murmuring in dolorous tones:
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
4
The chorus, in quaint, dolorous tones, broken by silences full of pantomimic admissions, caused great amusement.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
5
"And, after all to lose it," said Lord Strathern, in a mocking, dolorous tone.
The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
6
"'"A little longer, a little longer,"' I repeated in a dolorous tone, and we burst into a laugh.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe / Compiled From Her Letters and Jo...
7
"So would I, provided I hadn't lost an arm or a leg or been killed outright," said Dickenson, in a dolorous tone.
The Two Shipmates
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