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.

I was very tired and low-spirited, and, after looking about the town a little while, I went to the inn where I had put up and went to bed. 

From The Life of George Borrow by Shorter, Clement K.

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

Did I not feel low-spirited, and wake of a morning unrefreshed?

From A Fluttered Dovecote 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