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 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, he disclosed that Red China had broken a $250 million barter agreement�mostly Chinese rice for Cuban sugar.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the summer breeze is sighing, Mournfully along!
From The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '65 by Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline)
