low-spirited

Example Sentences

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I was still far from well, low-spirited and out of humour with myself and the whole world.

From The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) by Moodie, Susanna

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

When he got here we remarked that he seemed low-spirited.

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

A more miserable, unhappy, low-spirited set of men I had never before come across.

From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward

Their veterinary doctors knew but one remedy; when a beast fell ill, refused its fodder, and became low-spirited, they slaughtered it, and buried it with hide and horns, six feet under ground.

From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Chatrian, Alexandre