melancholy

Example Sentences

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He scored a Top 20 hit in 2012 with the melancholy single Overload.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

This melancholy acknowledgment of hair-trigger anger isn’t limited to healthcare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

This version is easily the equal of the original: fizzing with humor, and infused with a tenderness and melancholy sympathy for all its characters, mostly members of a family from the so-called 1%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

“I wish I had more success as an actor,” the New York-based actor told The Times with a dash of melancholy in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

“So new to him,” she muttered, “so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us! Call Estella.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens