dolent
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
After "that most dolent day"* we hear no more of Dunbar.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
By turns they were dolent, forsaken, languorous, and haughty.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
N'est pas mervelle se j'ai lo cuer dolent Cant li miens sires tient ma terre en torment.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry
Launfal was very dolent to hear this thing.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
