dolent

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By turns they were dolent, forsaken, languorous, and haughty.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene

Souvent j'allais jadis aux guinguettes pour y voir danser le menu peuple; mais ses danses étaient si maussades, son maintien si dolent, si gauche, que j'en sortais plutot contristé que réjoui.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

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

Very dolent was he and sorely troubled that so young a knight should be esteemed above his fathers.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de

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 Mason, Eugene