mournfulness
Example Sentences
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I'm glad they weren't, to be clear, because the implication lent more of a mournfulness to the whole passage both for the spy and for The Captain.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
In a plaintive tweet that scored high on the mournfulness scale, the team said “it once was a bright, bright sunshiny day . . . ”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2022
He has a good ear for dialogue and a good sense for plot, and has kept a delicate balance between mournfulness and the excitement of investigation.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021
The Atlantic’s Sophie Gilbert notes that “Rhys … has a greater range with watchable mournfulness than anyone else on television.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2021
“But that part must not have worked so well. They all still suffer from that pesky ‘chronic mournfulness effect.’”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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