triste

• He entitles it “Le vin triste,” and, indeed, throughout dinner, Adam has been growing sadder and sadder as his guest has grown more happy. —  The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh
• Je limite rigoureusement mes travaux en choisissant seulement la creme de la creme des planches Je me suis promene ce soir au jardin de Kew; ces promenades me rendent toujours triste, parce qu'a chaque bel arbre ou jolie fleur, je me figure combien tu en jouirais si tu etais avec moi. —  Philip Gilbert Hamerton
• The prospect for the winter seemed, I must say, rather "triste," but the next day the fog cleared off, people came constantly to see us, and we had agreeable invitations for every day, and London put on a new aspect. —  Letters from England 1846-1849
• "He was so triste, and withal very jealous, which was the more absurd, because he was old." —  Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
• After dinner we made our confessions in a book of Madame's, such questions as "Who is the greatest author of the day," "Describe the girl of the period," &c.; Afterwards we went in with Madam, a topping old dame, who spoke English very well, and Madamoiselle, who was rather charming but "triste" because so many of her friends had been killed, so "triste" that she never plays the piano now. —  Letters from France

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