Mournful

They describe in mournful tones the image of the lonely CEO sitting in his office late at night filling out government forms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This is a poem describing in mournful fashion the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The fog and frost so hung about the black old gateway of the house, that it seemed as if the Genius of the Weather sat in mournful meditation on the threshold. ❋ Unknown (2004)

In a few minutes the signs of German havoc would be hidden behind stacks of crockery and household utensils, and some of the pale women we had left in mournful contemplation of the ruins would be bargaining as sharply as ever for a sauce-pan or a butter-tub. ❋ Unknown (1915)

Profoundly discouraged, we ride on after this in mournful silence. ❋ Unknown (1873)

He led his victim away in mournful triumph, leaving the girls in a high state of indignation, and with a slight hope that Miss Monteneros might eventually turn out his consoler. ❋ Unknown (1859)

She sat up, without attempting to read, write, or employ herself, patrolling her chamber in mournful rumination. ❋ Unknown (1796)

WHEN summoned to tea, Camilla, upon entering the parlour, found Sir Hugh in mournful discourse with Edgar upon the nonappearance of Dr. Orkborne. ❋ Unknown (1796)

Send for cunning women, that know how to compose mournful ditties, or at least to sing them in mournful tunes and accents, and therefore are made use of at funerals to supply the want of true mourners. ❋ Unknown (1721)

MONIMIA, secure of the tenderest affection of her lover, bore, without more repining, the little hardships to which her situation exposed her; – but her mind looked forward, in mournful anticipation, to the time when she should no longer hear that soothing voice lending her courage against every transient evil; no longer receive continual assurances of the ardour and generosity of his attachment; and find in his disinterested love, his attentive friendship, sufficient consolation against her uncertain or uneasy destiny. ❋ Unknown (1793)

He deplores, in mournful strains, the fatal indiscretion into which he had been hurried by passion and folly; submits to the imitation of his adversary the generous examples of the clemency of gods, of heroes, and of lions; and expresses his hope that the magnanimity of Hadrian will not trample on a defenceless and contemptible foe, already humbled by disgrace and poverty, and deeply wounded by the exile, the tortures, and the death of his dearest friends. ❋ Unknown (1206)

He gazed round the table; he saw they were all waiting for his explanation, and his expression grew mournful. ❋ Michael Dobbs (2008)

The mine owners, recalls a mournful Zhang, were concerned only about concealing the deaths of his brother and the other miners. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Ah! how it hurts me to recall the mournful gatherings before our departure, and to recall how bitterly I wept when the time came for us to say farewell to all that I had held so dear! ❋ Unknown (2003)

There is some thing in the "wail" and character of these laments that recalls the mournful Psalms of David; like the Psalmist he endeavored to be comforted, but it was by an effort. ❋ Various (N/A)

The narrative I have given, by recalling the mournful scenes I have depicted, has cost me infinite anguish. ❋ Pierre Raymond De Brisson (N/A)

More than twenty years afterward, as I was passing through Western Michigan, a friend pointed out to me his tombstone, in a little village cemetery, with comments, half comic, half pathetic; and I also recall a mournful feeling when one day, in going over the roll of my students at the University of Michigan, I came upon one who bore the baptismal name of Isaac Crary. ❋ Unknown (1905)

[360] In 1750, one of the humorists of the day published a ballad with the following title A mournful lamentation for the sad and deplorable death of Mr. Old Tenor, a native of New England, who after a long confinement by a deep and mortal wound which he received above twelve months before, expired on the 31st day of March, 1750. ❋ Unknown (1901)

The experience so far transcended the intensity of what is called mournful pleasure as to make him wonder how he could have miscalculated himself to the extent of supposing that he might pass the spot with controllable emotion. ❋ Thomas Hardy (1884)

"Damn bro, you hear [Juice Wrld] died?" "Yeah man [I'm in] [mourning]" ❋ SnorterOfSocrates (2019)

-Man, Have you heard the song In the [Failing] Hour by In Mourning?! -No, [never heard] of them? -Omg you noob, they're [orgasmic]! ❋ Awesome Noob (2009)

forms of [mourning] include [donning] specific clothing, cutting one's hair, [weeping], and attending religious services. ❋ Dagger_grrl (2004)

[pour] out some liqour [for you] [dead homies] ❋ Jim (2005)

Person: [Who do] you think the best UK [rap] group is? [Necro]: The Mourning. ❋ ICP4LIFE! (2009)

[coma]: mourning! [keops]: goth day! coma: I feel [miserable]. ❋ Kauko Lahti (2004)

[You would] not [believe] [the mourning] I've had! ❋ El Revez (2004)

Sarah: "Wow, [Meghan] sure is [mourning] because her boyfriend is in Canada." Harry: "How do you figure?" Sarah: "She has taken off all of her clothes and is throwing trash around my [apartment]." ❋ Oceansatlas (2007)

Lucy: "what the fuck is up with [Ralphie]?" -Ralphie is staring at a wall, every now and then he [slams] his head into it- [Arnold]: "He's book-mourning, and his name is Ralphie, so that can't help things" ❋ Kidchino (2009)

A: Got any plans tomorrow? B: No... Well... I'll be [going to my dad's] [funeral] at the Mourn Hub. A: Aw, man, I'm sorry about that. If you're feeling [mourny], give me a call, I know someone you might like. ❋ Haha_Lost Boys (2019)