melancholy
Example Sentences
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Mary explains this from the vantage of melancholy old age.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“It smells of melancholy and what-the-hell-just-happened,” the fake ad states.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
It is the novel’s desolate mood, finally, and Ms. McPherson’s evocation of a melancholy landscape that anchor both her plot and her heroine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
"My life is a broken roller coaster, but maybe I'm the only one to blame," they sing on the melancholy Merry Go Round.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
“Well, at least leave behind that stubborn and melancholy girl who you were in Silivri. Pretend she never existed. Start over in Cuba.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Vocabulary lists containing melancholy
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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