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Dolefully lyrical, bar a bouncier middle section, it proved as twee as the orchestration implied.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2017

Dolefully Leader Watson explained that the Senate had been in continuous session for 16 months and was exhausted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dolefully they clumped together in circles like the New Republic and The Nation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dolefully, with hanging head and downcast eyes, I made the dread announcement.

From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Sabatini, Rafael

Dolefully sounds the All Souls' bell from the tower of the convent church.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison