The young man stared into his glass mournfully. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a mournful occasion. ,mournful shadows. From Dictionary.com.
Pine needles falling on an empty lawn chair, as you watch mournfully from the window. veggieburger. From Wordnik.com. [The Last McCain Campaign Rally - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
As he spoke, he jingled the coins mournfully in his palm, and gazing upon them with a parental air, exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Clifford — Complete] Reference
Another of the dyheli called mournfully, and the cry cut into his heart. From Wordnik.com. [Winds Of Fate]
Over in the wood the ring-doves were calling mournfully to one another, and once we heard a dog bark, far away. From Wordnik.com. [A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays] Reference
Just yesterday, I heard the mallard pair that always nests here in spring calling mournfully to eahc other, clearly asking What the?. From Wordnik.com. [Blessed Rain « Fairegarden] Reference
It echoed mournfully from the opposite rock. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
"Last year the shop was full," he says mournfully. From Wordnik.com. [The New 'Silk Road' Of Death] Reference
"There is then no hope?" said Marcellus mournfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome] Reference
The sun hidden and the wind sighed mournfully in the pines. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
"The schooner's hard and fast," said Captain Corbet, mournfully. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
She shakes her head mournfully, and drops her hands to her sides. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
"Yes!" assented Quimby, mournfully, "I-- I am used to it, you know!". From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
'No, it's worse than figures; it's the boys,' mournfully rejoined Theo. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
I had heard so mournfully making known her whereabouts in the open sea. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
Just then the horn at the boathouse sounded mournfully across the water. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
Madame looked horror-stricken, and mournfully shook her head at Schillie. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
She looks in the next cage, which is empty, and shakes her head mournfully. From Wordnik.com. [It’s like this, cat] Reference
Long and mournfully did the heart-stricken man gaze upon those loved features. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
She shook her head mournfully and glanced with a shudder towards Mrs. Farnham. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
"Lieutenant Jimmy is saying dreadful things, Madge," announced Phil mournfully. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
Billy Ray looked mournfully at Dale's huge order of pancakes and eggs and sighed. From Wordnik.com. [OUT ON THE EDGE OF VICTORIAN CIVILIZATION] Reference
"I wonder oh, I wonder, if he will come!" she repeated, looking mournfully downward. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
"Yes;" he repeated, mournfully to himself, "that must have been the way it happened.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The Cure stopped, and mournfully regarded two immense blue posters fixed on the pillars. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The animal's long, melancholy face, his habit of braying mournfully in the moonlight -- until. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
The four girls had gathered once more on Betty's porch and were regarding each other mournfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
Then she was silent for a long time, and the carriage rolled mournfully over the dead, dry leaves. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
“You guys missed the bride's procession,” Daniel says mournfully, then hugs Chris and Claire. From Wordnik.com. [A Wedding] Reference
He then turned mournfully to look after the boat, and found that it was visible, floating on the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
There was something mournfully comic in this stubbornness of Cayrol's, in throwing her in the way of Serge. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
They mournfully predicted her imminent death, urging me to give up, allegedly out of concern for my mother and me. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Now, instead of watching her boys get a jump ahead, Purdy says mournfully, "I feel like they missed a whole semester of school.". From Wordnik.com. [A Real Test For Vouchers] Reference
And Bessmertnykh, who mournfully protested his innocence, was forced to resign because he had failed to oppose the coup publicly. From Wordnik.com. [Now Comes The Witch Hunt] Reference
"'Look not mournfully into the past,'" quoted Hippy, "but rather turn your attention to the important matter of refreshing the inner man.". From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
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