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When Anthony was ready to speak of her Dahlia, she obtruded this question in utter dolefulness.

And the Rector, having laid down his pipe, took to studying his boots with a certain dolefulness.

Sébalt sat with legs across, and his elbow resting on his knee, gazing into the fire with unspeakable dolefulness.

Indeed all I have been doing was to get him to moderate his dolefulness.

My rendering of the famous ballad had, in consequence, acquired a dolefulness not intended by the composer.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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