dolent
Example Sentences
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This Roman was very dolent, because of his cousin's death, for he had seen his body lying in the dust.
From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Eugene Mason
She had that dolent, troubled look in her eyes.
From Là-bas by Keene Wallace
Through me the way is to the city dolent; Through me the way is to eternal dole; Through me the way among the people lost.
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The literary epicure may keenly relish such epithets as dolent; but the common English reader, who loves plain fare, can hardly fail to be startled by it.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske
When the sailors heard this they were very dolent, but there was naught that they might do.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
