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Meanings of melancholy smile in English

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Usage of melancholy smile in English
1
Once more the merchant held out his hand with a melancholy smile.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
2
He took it and gazed into her face with a melancholy smile.
Born in Exile
3
A melancholy smile flits over her features, and her arms fall powerless.
The Daughter of an Empress
4
I also have been young, Otto, pursued she, with a melancholy smile.
O. T., A Danish Romance
5
If it wasn't for that! And she gave a shy, melancholy smile.
The Aspern Papers
6
He will come, but what then? murmured Gertrudis, with a melancholy smile.
The Tiger Hunter
7
She spoke in a moderated voice, with a melancholy smile in her eyes.
Mother
8
The answer of the free-trader was accompanied by a melancholy smile.
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
9
Olva looked down at him with his grave, rather melancholy smile.
The Prelude to Adventure
10
He was even observed in a melancholy smile yesterday, said I.
"The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty
11
The passion left it, and was replaced by a melancholy smile.
Daybreak: A Story for Girls
12
So much for natural instincts, said Traverse, with a melancholy smile.
Capitola the Madcap
13
Then he looked at Tanis and smiled his rare, melancholy smile.
Dragons of autumn twilight
14
Minna's mother pressed my hand in silence, with a melancholy smile.
Jezebel's Daughter
15
Julia gave a melancholy smile, as she looked up in her husband's face.
The Three Commanders
16
Then with a melancholy smile, You think me a moonstruck charlatan, I suppose.
The Madonna of the Future
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Melancholy smile through the time
Melancholy smile across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare