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    Use "mournful" in a sentence

    mournful example sentences

    mournful


    1. She stood over the last one, panting, and howled a deep mournful wail


    2. The endless red water ripples ever so slowly to the infinite horizon, a dactyl glides off from a tall hangleaf as the ship approaches, it's mournful screech echoed by one in the distance


    3. Then they heard a mournful wailing; Lady Maya was keening the Death Chant for her Jared


    4. Across the pond the mournful, monotonous, chugging of Plowie's chippongga escaped from the 'Bit, the calls of patrons near the door almost drowning it out


    5. An immense strangled cry of pain vibrated above their heads and even the beast stood startled, then raising its enormous head, it gave a huge mournful bellow in return


    6. And he stood by reticent as the other man turned his bitterly mournful gaze downward and slowly hiked back up to the city on the hill


    7. The luctuosa hereditas, the mournful succession of ascendants to descendants, to the twentieth penny only


    8. After a moment's pause as they stopped in line, and then a quick nod to each other, the brass section wailed a long low mournful chord, gently augmented by the rhythm section and lifting it gradually as the front spots came on one by one illuminating each musician in turn, until the rich ring of brass reached its apex, brought it to a cutting halt so that in the split second of silence it seemed to hang in the room like a clarion


    9. A deep mournful sadness shared


    10. overcoat had walked in mournful irritation alone

    11. What a mournful cry is heard


    12. The continual strain they were under was taking a heavy toll on both; they were worn down, short tempered, terrified, elated for their love, mournful for Raul, concerned for Herminia, puffy around bloodshot eyes, and beyond exhaustion


    13. “What has happened?” he added as he came to the mournful leader


    14. Raw instinct drove Zoran to reach out and drag her back as he heard his own mournful wail, as if from a distance “They’re gone! They’re gone! There’s nothing we can do!”


    15. Hilkea had collapsed in every way, a horribly mournful moan passed over her lips, continuing as if it needed no air to sustain it


    16. A mournful cry escaped him as he turned his face away from what he thought


    17. And the sky was the only one that heard his mournful cry, lost on the wind


    18. Suicide: Self ruin; pride and fatigue of life; self hatred; mournful feelings; to be without hope; result of betraying the anointed one; dishearten and


    19. With a deep mournful wail, he


    20. With the sunrise of the next morning, a long procession made its mournful way to the western mountain on which Pravik rested to lay to rest all who had given their lives in the battle

    21. in mournful strains, again to help them speedily


    22. ” She gave a mournful look at the nurse and shook her head


    23. There, one can stumble unto the mournful, gloomy and cold underground dungeons where the Japanese used to keep Filipino prisoners during


    24. The rest of the daylight hours passed with Moshe huddled within a mournful silence, his position unchanged as his inner self remonstrated over and over, You should have seen that coming! His eyes alone should have told you!


    25. ” It sounded so mournful but helped to sustain movement as the rest of the line picked up the chant


    26. ” She spread out her hands, a mournful look in her eyes as she disconsolately lowered her head once more


    27. 25 The Jews breathless with momentary suspense stretched out their hands and prayed the Greatest God in mournful strains again to help them speedily


    28. Ouah! Ouah! They were now joined by many in other places until the hills reverberated with their mournful call


    29. The mournful moan of the ram’s horns, although a little less continuous than it had been before, only served to muffle their shouts of victory as they cut through the stream of people that threatened to carry them along with it


    30. The ram’s horns no longer reverberated through the hills with their mournful bellow

    31. Also coincident with the break of day the mournful moan of the ram’s horns was suddenly replaced with a more brilliant sound, a trump of victory had sounded for one


    32. The rest of the daylight hours passed with Moshe huddled within a mournful silence, his


    33. mournful but helped to sustain movement as the rest of the line picked up the chant


    34. ” She spread out her hands, a mournful


    35. places until the hills reverberated with their mournful call


    36. The mournful moan of the ram's horns, although a


    37. The ram's horns no longer reverberated through the hills with their mournful bellow


    38. Also coincident with the break of day the mournful moan of the ram's horns was suddenly


    39. They scudded along as if someone was chasing them— and the wind howled round in such a mournful way that Mary felt quite frightened


    40. They heard a low mournful sound, slow and protracted

    41. mournful tinge haunted his voice


    42. backed up by the mournful eyes of the basset hound—soon won them over


    43. I pretended not to see Annabeth wipe a tear from her cheek as she listened to the mournful keening of Cerberus in the distance, longing for his new friend


    44. moods of mournful introspection, and such as these find a ready home in


    45. mournful, a prayer of affliction and a request of mercy, as it was after the fal


    46. The Scribe of Life speaks in a mournful tone as he scratches with a feathered pen the tradegy of a pitiful creature


    47. Listen - there's the train's faint and mournful whistle -


    48. You don't understand," she snapped indignantly, then immediately lapsed into mournful nostalgia


    49. playing the mournful bass notes of "Appalachian Journey" on the car stereo and watching the sunset pass by on our left, I do


    50. In accordance with his arrangements there was no music, no fireworks, no pealing bells, no shouts of victory, or any other manifestation that might alter the mournful character of the armistice














































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    Synonyms for "mournful"

    doleful mournful plaintive distressing pathetic pitiable depressing joyless melancholic saddening sorrowful melancholy unhappy sorry woeful

    "mournful" definitions

    expressing sorrow


    filled with or evoking sadness