dolente
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The inscription implies that all the world sorrowed at his death: "Orbe dolente Pater ... ruit."
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
It looked so pure and holy, that it seemed like the light from an angel's wings at the portals of the "cittá dolente."
From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)
Dole and dolent are doubtless the exact counterparts of dolore and dolente, so far as mere etymology can go.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John
Here and there a tinge of foreshadowing pain appears, as the song sounds on high, espressivo dolente.
From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.
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