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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General Butler limped slightly, and correspondents cabled that he seemed in low spirits after his long sea voyage.
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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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Maggie, too, felt aimless, remaining in low spirits.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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