mournful
Example Sentences
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“There’s this mournful, slightly atonal quality to his compositions,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times
As for artfully implying this event picture’s deft blend of action and drama, the campaign chose a contemplative, mournful image of its star for the main poster.
From Los Angeles Times
The mournful irony underlying the somewhat schematic plot is that they never can quite find themselves in sync, despite the bonds between them.
It’s a moment of breathtaking poise and mournful feeling, and it prepares us for what’s to come, when Ms. Huston delivers a monologue about a long-lost love with quiet, devastating force.
The album also contains the tender yet mournful “One Wish,” which Lenae wrote about her dad not being around as she was growing up.
From Los Angeles Times
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