His mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a doleful look on her face. From Dictionary.com.
He paws it to his mouth and chews on it, dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [Swicks Rule!] Reference
"And then it may be too late," put in Violet dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion] Reference
"Oh, are you going right away?" asked Alice, dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
"Reconcile Sennacherib Eld!" cried the wife, dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Rachel] Reference
"We shan't have any more picnics," said Norah dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Gap in the Fence] Reference
So we pulled away dolefully at our segars, in solemn silence. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Bruce shook his head dolefully over the clearly written date. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge] Reference
"Not slow and funny enough, maybe," Ramos answered dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
"We found that she can go," answered Fred somewhat dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat] Reference
With a final wave of her book-strap she went dolefully inside. From Wordnik.com. [Glory and the Other Girl] Reference
The Russians shook their heads dolefully and gave no help, but. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
"Nothing's a cinch for me, worse luck," said Jimmy, dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room] Reference
Allen "would look dolefully at me and say, 'Tough dollar, huh?'". From Wordnik.com. [Harold Gould, urbane character actor of 'Golden Girls,' 'The Sting,' dies at 86] Reference
"I won't be able to go either, I'm afraid," said Jimmy, dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room] Reference
And that lad dolefully replies, "Not very much; it tastes bitter.". From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
"I don't want Mary Randall to write to me," he admitted dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
Only Ernestine sighed dolefully, and laid her hands out on her lap. From Wordnik.com. [Six Girls A Home Story] Reference
"That's what everybody seems to think," replied Creed rather dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
"You don't wish it more than I do," returned the young oarsman, dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
"But I don't know what good a guard would do anyway," said Laura dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion] Reference
"Not while they have possession of the boys," Canfield declared, dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
The man shook his head dolefully, and bent a wistful look toward the open sea. From Wordnik.com. [Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast] Reference
"That's more or less what I decided and so I wandered here," he said dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
"I hope to goodness they haven't come to any harm," said Mrs Gilmour dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel] Reference
"It don't make no difference to me when I git back," remarked Blumpo, dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
"I wouldn't answer that 'phone for a thousand dollars," put in Grogan dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
''Tis one of our bad days,' said Patty, looking up and shaking her head dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
"I don't know what to wear to the masquerade," Marjorie declared rather dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
The old man shook his head dolefully in response to an inquiry concerning his health. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
"Not much more chance for sleep, though," the "human fish" remarked, dolefully enough. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer] Reference
"I must have dropped it yesterday when we tumbled into that gas," he told me dolefully. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
It was a dry camp, he felt dolefully certain, or there would have been more noise in it. From Wordnik.com. [The Brigade Commander] Reference
The Griffin shook his head dolefully instead, whilst great tears coursed down his cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
"Poor Dimitri," she said, dolefully, after her husband had recounted the events of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
The Wasena, who bore the hammock, muttered to one another dolefully as they shuffled along. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
"Suppose she should change her mind," remarked Laura dolefully on the noon of the third day. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck] Reference
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