melancholy

Example Sentences

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And yet for all this success, a persistent melancholy stalked the writer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He scored a Top 20 hit in 2012 with the melancholy single Overload.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Cue the synthetic flute chords of “Veridis Quo,” scoring their mutual melancholy.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

That’s partly the point, but hopefully, they’ll soon be swept away by the movie’s melancholy undertow.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Jealousy had got hold of him: she stung him; but the sting was salutary: it gave him respite from the gnawing fang of melancholy.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë