tristful
Example Sentences
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Why had Pat only given her tristful white pearls?
From Pink Gods and Blue Demons by Stockley, Cynthia
Again prevailed the tristful dirge of the pines.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
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
They took me to the county jail My tristful Kate pursuing, And all the way she sobb’d and cried ‘Oh! what have I been doing?’
From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various
"Whoever will give any information of these unfortunate, tristful gentlemen to the Hartford Convention, will confer a favor on humanity."
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.