MELANCHOLY in a Sentence
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214 example sentences for MELANCHOLY, such as:
1. But she coughed in a melancholy way.
2. The rout behind the Guard was melancholy.
3. The dove has a plaintive and melancholy call.
4. The setting sun lent an air of melancholy to the scene.
5. It was, moreover, a firm, energetic, and melancholy profile.
2. The rout behind the Guard was melancholy.
3. The dove has a plaintive and melancholy call.
4. The setting sun lent an air of melancholy to the scene.
5. It was, moreover, a firm, energetic, and melancholy profile.
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Meanings and Examples of MELANCHOLY
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melancholy
n. a feeling of thoughtful sadness
n. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The company was occupied in playing faro; a dozen melancholy punters held each in his hand a little pack of cards; a bad record of his misfortunes.
2 He fell into a deep melancholy, and neither went to see the opera, nor any of the other diversions of the Carnival; nay, he was proof against the temptations of all the ladies.
3 Candide's melancholy increased; and Martin continued to prove to him that there was very little virtue or happiness upon earth, except perhaps in El Dorado, where nobody could gain admittance.
4 It was, moreover, a firm, energetic, and melancholy profile.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
5 A melancholy fold, which resembled the beginning of irony, wrinkled her right cheek.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
6 His workmen, in particular, adored him, and he endured this adoration with a sort of melancholy gravity.
7 He was stoical, serious, austere; a melancholy dreamer, humble and haughty, like fanatics.
8 At the point in this melancholy drama which we have now reached, nothing is left to Fantine of that which she had formerly been.
9 That face, as impenetrable and simple as granite, no longer bore any trace of anything but a melancholy depression.
10 All the morning she was melancholy, said but little, and laid plaits in her sheets, murmuring the while, in a low voice, calculations which seemed to be calculations of distances.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF
11 But she coughed in a melancholy way.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF
12 Fantine raised herself and crouched on her heels in the bed: her eyes sparkled; indescribable joy beamed from that melancholy face.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF
13 Nothing can reproduce the sombre and kindly melancholy of tone which accompanied these words.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED
14 The rout behind the Guard was melancholy.
15 At the moment when Cosette emerged, bucket in hand, melancholy and overcome as she was, she could not refrain from lifting her eyes to that wonderful doll, towards the lady, as she called it.
Example Sentence:
1 You are not well, you have no friend to cheer you, and this melancholy is the result.
2 The dove has a plaintive and melancholy call.
3 From its craggy summit I looked out myself across the melancholy downs.
4 The setting sun lent an air of melancholy to the scene.