heavy-heartedness
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These writers also share a certain heavy-heartedness, in addition to gray Eastern European settings.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2020
George Emerson. heavy-heartedness in a house so fast as idleness.
From The Girl Wanted by Nixon Waterman
Even this was a relief from the heavy-heartedness that oppressed her at other times, and she felt a comparative comfort in sitting half-asleep by her child's grave, dreaming confusedly of happier days.
From Brought Home by Hesba Stretton
I dared not absent myself, and I could scarcely carry out my part for very heavy-heartedness.
From Richard Vandermarck by Miriam Coles Harris
Light-heartedness or heavy-heartedness comes to the same thing if they know how to use it for each other.
From April Hopes by William Dean Howells
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