tristful
Example Sentences
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It has a very tristful and taciturn expression….
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio
Why had Pat only given her tristful white pearls?
From Pink Gods and Blue Demons by Stockley, Cynthia
Carmelo, as he crouched at the tiller, was singing, in a low, clear alto, some tristful little melody.
From Chita: a Memory of Last Island by Hearn, Lafcadio
Late when the sumach's red was dulled and worn, And fainter grew the trite and troublous word Of tristful cricket, that replaced the bird, I sought the slope, and found a waste forlorn.
From Ride to the Lady And Other Poems by Cone, Helen Gray
It ran as follows: showing that Oberlus was at least an accomplished writer, and no mere boor; and what is more, was capable of the most tristful eloquence.
From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman