mournful
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Mournful yet exuberant, “La Chimera” is a towering work of art presented with the unassuming invitation of a warming summer morning.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024
Mournful sirens replaced the usual bustle and din.
From Scientific American • Feb. 23, 2022
At age 15, she won an Emmy for Best Actress in the TV film "Tell Me Not in Mournful Numbers."
From Fox News • Jul. 18, 2021
They also knew it as Tikapa Moana of the Mournful Sea, which might be more accurate for those who, in the coming races, will have to decipher the mystery of it winds.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2021
So came they homewards, but the Snake-King's child, Ulùpi, leapt in Ganges, losing them; And Chitranâgad with her people went Mournful to Munipoor, whilst the three queens Brought Parikshita in.
From Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. by Arnold, Edwin, Sir
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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