low-spirited

Example Sentences

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Cousin Joanna says that he was very restless and low-spirited last night-talked about the war, you know, and this last air-raid.

From The War-Workers by Delafield, E.M.

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

You must cheer up, for your letter proves to me that you are low-spirited.

From Charlotte Bront? A Monograph by Reid, T. Wemyss

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

My Fuegian captive, whom I named 'Boat Memory,' seemed frightened, but not low-spirited; he eat enormously, and soon fell fast asleep.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert