doleful in the PONS Dictionary

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Her quest is a doleful sort of coming of age that adds a special layer of torment to her story.
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The theme is doleful, but it is arguably a realistic point of view.
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In the room just beyond, the accordionist launched into the same doleful number he'd played twice before.
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To inform the bees of a death their hive might be hung with a black cloth, while a doleful tune is sung.
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The pressure created to perform, forces them to commit more errors and the results are what we see, ignominious and doleful.
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The accordion might be associated with doleful buskers and punishing polkas.
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How could anyone find anything sinister in that gorgeously doleful cor anglais melody of the slow movement?
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He took the same issue up later, describing the fall in car exports as doleful statistics.
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He is a doleful character with a quick temper.
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She lives alone with her doleful father, who is a dutiful member of the town church.
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