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Nay, don't shake your head so deploringly; things may be hard without being impossible.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Mrs Chivery at once laid aside her work, rose up from her seat behind the counter, and deploringly shook her head.

From Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles

And the old man shook his head deploringly.

From The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 by Stephens, Robert Neilson

"I am sure I wish you would too!" said Tom's wife deploringly to her husband.

From Nobody by Warner, Susan

"Ethel has such a temper," her mother sighed deploringly.

From The Homesteader A Novel by Micheaux, Oscar