mournfully
- a word derived from mournful.
Example Sentences
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Mournfully, triumphantly, poignantly, of failed dreams and second chances; of the simple mistakes that accumulate into tragedy, of the cold calculations required by redemption.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2016
Mournfully, desperately looking for a corner to hide in, beset by civil servants, spads, his snarling coalition partners, the press.
From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2012
Mournfully, he disclosed that Red China had broken a $250 million barter agreement�mostly Chinese rice for Cuban sugar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mournfully the professor watched his dream of ten years, his $100,000 yacht on which he had no insurance, flop top-heavily on its side.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mournfully, O, mournfully, This midnight wind doth swell!
From Fostina Woodman, the Wonderful Adventurer by Avis A. (Burnham) Stanwood
