dolent

Example Sentences

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Very dolent and right heavy was the fair lady that thus her lord had fled his house.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene

Si d'aventure aucû chevalier non hardy ou paresseux te possède après ma mort j'en seray grandement dolent.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart

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 Villehardouin, Geoffroi 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

After "that most dolent day"* we hear no more of Dunbar.

From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)