Example Sentences

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The rooms, though now mostly empty, remain redolent of family gatherings across the decades; most still contain their original wallpaper, dolorously faded and peeling, and tile or terrazzo floors.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2022

At the 2015 V.M.A.s, Bieber broke down in tears delivering “What Do You Mean?,” making a ditty about failed communication dolorously communicative.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 21, 2018

“It takes me a while to make a cup of tea,” he went on, dolorously, to sniggers from the assembled.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2014

To give the rest away, complained Agriculture Secretary Charles F. Brannan dolorously, would cost the Government another $15 million.

From Time Magazine Archive

The words were hardly out of his mouth, before the purple bird flew away, crying "Peep, peep, pe—weep," more dolorously than ever.

From A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys by Hawthorne, Nathaniel