mournful

• It may or may not be the masterpiece some have claimed, but there's no denying that it's a deeply affecting and sonically quite spectacular piece of work -- mournful, majestic, and soulful in ways that won't surprise anybody who took notice of the odd Dennis track scattered amidst the Beach Boys albums that preceeded it. —  PowerPop
• For all the defiance and malice of his acceptance speeches - and this includes his unmissable explanation for cancelling his membership of the Darmstadt Academy for Language and Poetry - his collected writings about his prizes can also be sumptuous, mournful, and overwhelming. —  signandsight.com
• I seem to see her face now--mournful, serious, lovely, and with an inexpressible impress of devotion, grief, love, and a sort of despair--I can find no other word for it. —  The Torrents of Spring
• Nothing remains to its adherents but a memory--mournful, pathetic, and bitter How different with the Old Flag that we love. —  Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way
• Before each of these ladies--mournful, helpful, heaven-conversing deities--I prayed devoutly, on my knees. —  The Fool Errant

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