adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His voice sounded so mournful that tears came into her eyes.
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I could hear the slow, mournful music of the bagpipes.
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slow, mournful music
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The dog lay at his feet, looking up from time to time with big mournful eyes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And their public comments had a mournful tone.
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Beneath her the river snaked silver amongst the rushes and meadowsweet and a buzzard circling on high gave its own mournful cry.
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He ate his tiny ration of cereal in mournful slow motion, to illustrate his unhappiness.
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He was at the graveside looking mournful and interesting.
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I imagined him pulling mournful drones out of the ancient double-reed pipe.
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She even seems to root for him, in a mournful and bitter way.
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You get these crackpot ideas about helping people who come along to you with a mournful tale.