mournful
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He had heard a tip from some former clients that the mournful yowls of lynx had been heard overnight near the public viewing area, so we reinstalled ourselves nearby on his secret mountain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Billy Bob Thornton, “Landman” “Noah Wyle and Sterling K. Brown are locks to repeat, and Mark Ruffalo’s mournful ‘Task’ hero is another potential winner.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
“You put into me the perception of the incomparable,” Bettany version says in a bitterly mournful prayer at the end of the second episode, “and then ensured that I would know myself forever mediocre.”
From Salon • May 16, 2026
That loss was addressed on 2023's mournful, contemplative album But Here We Are.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
All he could do was again to sit wretched and helpless on the shore, but this time not trying in fury to kill people, only singing mournful love songs to soften the sea nymph’s heart.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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