low-spirited

Example Sentences

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Patients are low-spirited and very apprehensive of death.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

On these occasions he brightens up, but after the visits of his solicitor he is visibly very low-spirited and morose.

From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell

Once, when he had seemed low-spirited, I asked whether anything was amiss.

From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

Some time after, when it stormed very hard, and the young lady upstairs was cold and low-spirited, my mistress invited her down and entertained us with more of Tom's history.

From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Swan, Miranda Eliot

He was an angular swayback, leggy, low-spirited, thick-headed, and as fast as a caterpillar.

From Taking Chances by Cullen, Clarence L.