low-spirited

Example Sentences

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“It’s a pocketbook containing two hundred dollars,” replied Andy clearly, disdaining the slur and insult in the tones of his low-spirited challenger.

From Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy by Webster, Frank V.

My mother had not been in her usual good health during the summer, and had been at times a little low-spirited.

From The Story of the Toys by Dodge, Mary Harris Toy

But next day when she comes down stairs she acts dauncy and low-spirited for awhile.

From J. Poindexter, Colored by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

They were low-spirited, and John had to refrain from stimulating them with a full meal; there would be danger in lighting fires.

From Settlers and Scouts by Strang, Herbert

If not wretched already, for all was wretched at home: Hester was low-spirited; for his own part, he rarely spoke; and the Cuban avoided him.

From Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake by Fenn, George Manville