dolent
Example Sentences
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She regarded him with her smoky eyes, in which he now saw that dolent, almost dolorous expression which had captivated him.
From Là-bas by Keene Wallace
When the sailors heard this they were very dolent, but there was naught that they might do.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
But the dolent accents returned as he opened his proofs and read them.
From Balzac by Frederick Lawton
The literary epicure may keenly relish such epithets as dolent; but the common English reader, who loves plain fare, can hardly fail to be startled by it.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske
Dole and dolent are doubtless the exact counterparts of dolore and dolente, so far as mere etymology can go.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske
