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The pains, regrets and melancholies of the adult characters mingle with the fresher but no less complex experiences of the teenagers getting a taste of love, death and fellowship for the first time.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Says Faber Birren, 82, the dean of American color researchers: "Color distracts you from yourself and relieves you of inner anxieties, melancholies and fears."

From Time Magazine Archive

But Ivan was, at this time, little given to melancholies; and a laughing question from Vladimir in the next room, brought him back to realities and his man's work.

From The Genius by Potter, Margaret Horton

"You 've fallen into the black melancholies these some days back," said Rogers to me.

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James

I tell you what it is, Bartram," muttered Master Arthur, "I suppose I'm too young, too, for I've had quite enough of the melancholies for one night.

From Melchior's Dream and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty