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mournfully



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Mournfully, triumphantly, poignantly, of failed dreams and second chances; of the simple mistakes that accumulate into tragedy, of the cold calculations required by redemption.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2016

Mournfully, desperately looking for a corner to hide in, beset by civil servants, spads, his snarling coalition partners, the press.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2012

Mournfully they protested that without the tomcat Finch's would not be Finch's.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mournfully, he disclosed that Red China had broken a $250 million barter agreement�mostly Chinese rice for Cuban sugar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mournfully the hazel eyes looked at her, and the dry brown lips quivered.

From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)




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