in low spirits
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Lemelin was in low spirits when he went to the hospital to await the operation, until Albert Pelletier, one of the judges, came to see him.
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Victory or defeat is always decided by the fact whether the nation are in high or in low spirits.
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Friends who talked to him reported that he was in low spirits.
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The Swiss have devised a pocket calculator* that when individually set will show the owner's "off" days �when he is accident prone, forgetful or in low spirits.
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He did not vocally respond, a sign with him that he was in low spirits.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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