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 the professor watched his dream of ten years, his $100,000 yacht on which he had no insurance, flop top-heavily on its side.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mournfully Senator Watson predicted that the special tariff session of the Senate would end without passing any Tariff Bill.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mournfully sad and sweet was the lullaby Katy sang, and Helen, in the hall, listening to the low, sad moaning, half prayer, half benediction, likened it to a farewell between the living and the dead.

From Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering by Holmes, Mary Jane