low in spirits

Example Sentences

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Husseini could sense that his brother was low in spirits, but then again, so was nearly everyone.

From Time • Oct. 6, 2016

When he's a little low in spirits, he reads his well-thumbed Bible: "The Bible gives me lots of imagination ... it really picks me up."

From Time Magazine Archive

I am weary to-night and low in spirits.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Hurrying home, very low in spirits, Clare found the inmates of his little hut all in trouble and consternation.

From The Life of John Clare by Martin, Frederick

But though Stella recovered so well, and so much more quickly than they had dared to hope, from the shock she had received that night, Paul remained ill and low in spirits and in strength.

From Paul the Courageous by Quiller-Couch, Mabel