melancholy
Example Sentences
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It glides by smoothly, and Ms. Mann’s lilting, melancholy songs are hypnotically lovely, but the characters’ anguish and psychological distress are only faintly sketched in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
He says he understands their melancholy, as he finds Christmas depressing and annually looks forward to its end.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
But Mr. Hunter’s economy of means, which extends to often terse or quiet dialogue undergirded by melancholy subtext, only enhances the tenderness and humanity of his writing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
King Charles sometimes has the melancholy look of someone who keeps getting disappointing phone calls.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Olanna was startled when she first heard the melancholy tones, music so pure and so confidently played that it charged the air and held the swaying banana trees still.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing melancholy
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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