melancholy

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

This version is easily the equal of the original: fizzing with humor, and infused with a tenderness and melancholy sympathy for all its characters, mostly members of a family from the so-called 1%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

It’s fun, headlong reading with a shot of melancholy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

Not all makeovers were created equal: Some were in service to disappearing, others to fitting in; some were manic and others melancholy.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

Then we would sing, haunting, melancholy desert music.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom