dolent
Example Sentences
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When the King heard thereof he was passing heavy and dolent, and considered within himself how he might be delivered from this grief.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
On a day this chanced to you; Out of Limousin there drew One, a pilgrim, sore adread, Lay in pain upon his bed, Tossed, and took with fear his breath, Very dolent, near to death.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
She regarded him with her smoky eyes, in which he now saw that dolent, almost dolorous expression which had captivated him.
From Là-bas by Keene Wallace
Launfal was very dolent to hear this thing.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
And in such measure as the Franks rejoiced, so were the Greeks dolent, because right willingly would they have seen the Franks quarrelling and at war.
From Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffroi de Villehardouin
