dolefuls

Example Sentences

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It is a passing fit of the dolefuls.

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.

Oh! don’t look so serious, Amos; you are always in the dolefuls now.

From Amos Huntingdon by Wilson, Theodore P.

It would never do to be in the dolefuls over Christmas!

From About Peggy Saville by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

When my first-cousin-once-removed, Rupert, was twelve years old, his mother died, and he was in the dolefuls about it for more than a year. 

From The Lady of the Shroud by Stoker, Bram

"Come! come! don't be getting into the dolefuls already," cried Zack, administering an exhilarating thump on the back to his friend.

From Hide and Seek by Collins, Wilkie