tristful

How to use tristful in a sentence

• In the first, and in the new reading: Heaven's face glows with tristful visage; and, Heaven's face is thought-sick.

  Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies | Samuel Johnson

• He wondered at the note of humility in her voice, at her half-tristful hesitancy.

  The Silver Poppy | Arthur Stringer

• This tristful ideality is a note in literature not far to seek.

  Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain | Arthur Hayden

• There are few sadder poems than this with its tristful refrain, even in the works of Mr. Hardy.

  Old and New Masters | Robert Lynd

• Suzette had tristful eyes when they rested upon this cemetery.

  Bohemian Days | Geo. Alfred Townsend