dolefully
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Several members of the Seattle Mariners, Ohtani’s opponents on this warm night, craned their necks to track it and then stared dolefully at the ground.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2021
“It’s not how I wanted to go out,” he said, dolefully.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2020
“After winning a Grand Slam, everyone thinks that you will win all the tournaments and that’s not like this,” she said rather dolefully in a recent interview.
From Reuters • May 23, 2019
Her teenage angst is backed by dolefully strummed electric guitar, adding up to rainy-day music of the highest quality.
From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2018
“I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks, and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end,” he said dolefully.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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