dolent
Example Sentences
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Launfal was very dolent to hear this thing.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
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 France, Marie de
She had that dolent, troubled look in her eyes.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
Through me the way is to the city dolent; Through me the way is to eternal dole; Through me the way among the people lost.
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
This Roman was very dolent, because of his cousin's death, for he had seen his body lying in the dust.
From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene
