chopfallen

Historical Examples of chopfallen

• Most chopfallen, blue, enters the National Agent this Limbo whither he has sent so many.

  The French Revolution

  Thomas Carlyle

• The rejected postulant, chopfallen and sullen, repaired to his mother and related his unsuccess.

  Mark Gildersleeve

  John S. Sauzade

• A few minutes later Griffin came off, chopfallen and disappointed.

  The Wing-and-Wing

  J. Fenimore Cooper

• The latter had shrunk up in his chair and was looking as chopfallen and guilty as a dog caught sucking eggs.

  Cappy Ricks Retires

  Peter B. Kyne

• Tetlow, chopfallen but obdurate, got himself speedily out of sight.

  The Grain Of Dust

  David Graham Phillips