low-spirited

Example Sentences

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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

The widow rallied him on the subject, but this did no good, and only irritated him; he called her wicked, jealous, and blind, and would go away, low-spirited, carrying his treasure with him.

From Iermola by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

He was a capital companion and never once showed that he was low-spirited or suffered in the least.”

From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville

The man who would not forbid these interviews, would be considered a low-spirited wretch, unworthy the society of all honorable men.

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William

I was feeling very low-spirited, and so weary of his tiresome ways that I began to cry.

From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie