Mournful in a sentence

A mournful dirge that indicated just how disheartening the afternoon had been.

As I sat in my car, listening to the news, I felt helpless, even mournful.

But that works for a story about a young man in a hurry in the first act. And as both the music and the story take on more mournful hues in the second act, so, too, does Gonzalez’s performance.

But this was authorial sleight of hand—a decision, by Neihardt, to close the curtain on a mournful, elegiac note.

Episode 35 has a mournful note because realizing who the Moon Princess is means confronting the tragedy of the past.

I suddenly began to feel profoundly mournful that this day — with its incredible beauty and innocent gaiety — could now be totally lost in time.

It is bleakly gripping – mournful cellos yes, humour no – as kidnapped children and temporal conspiracies abound, but its depiction of regret and inevitability is also tragically beautiful.

The first half of “Layla” was a high-volume showcase for Clapton and guest guitarist Duane Allman, the second half a mournful piano coda of disputed origins.

The nine-person orchestra — guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, some mournful strings — stays silent, too.

The pieces are colorful, hyper-personal and mournful at the same time, signaling the ebb and flow of memories and the lasting power of faith.

Holy Friday, or Good Friday, is a profoundly mournful day in which commemorates the Passion of Christ with the traditional Epitaphios processions.

Meanwhile, scenes were less mournful - and more celebratory - today.

Now, his troubled spirit is said to wander the castle, forever playing his mournful tune.

Suddenly, he heard a faint, mournful cry.

The fiddler cites this piece as an example of traditional Celtic music that may be mournful but never too dark.

This concluding tell-all cements Tauraite’s mournful turn as a standout in a full-bodied cast.

Whether it is one of the 21 love sonnets by or a mournful poem to ; Lama says that a sense of intimacy is what determines a love letter poem’s ability to be great because of its ability to make readers feel.

A film as mournful about time’s passage as Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood, but with an admittedly brief glimmer of hope.

Dressed in white protective overalls for the ceremony, classical musician Renaud Capuçon played violin, the mournful notes echoing off the walls and pillars that have witnessed months of silence since the blaze.

Her singing voice has a nasal quality, and she tends to stick to midtempo beats with lots of atmospheric echo and mournful lyrics.