Doleful example sentences
Related (5): melancholy, sorrowful, mournful, pensive, gloomy.
"Doleful" Example Sentences
Common Phases
1. His doleful eyes stared back at me, filled with sadness.
2. She let out a doleful sigh and turned away.
3. The dog howled dolefully in the distance.
4. The mourners wore solemn, doleful expressions.
5. The prisoner gave a doleful cry from his lonely cell.
6. A doleful choir of crickets sang through the open window.
7. The wind carried a doleful moan through the abandoned house.
8. They lifted their voices in doleful lamentation for the dead.
9. The abandoned carnival rides sat in doleful silence.
10. The doleful tones of the organ filled the cathedral.
11. His doleful, heartrending words moved the audience to tears.
12. She played the doleful tune on her violin.
13. The funeral march had a slow, doleful pace.
14. The doleful howl of the siren echoed through the rainy night.
15. The doleful sound of a weeping child carried on the breeze.
16. The rain fell in a doleful patter against the windows.
17. They hung their heads in doleful silence as the bad news was relayed.
18. The doleful owl's haunting call echoed through the woods.
19. The doleful notes of the trumpet brought a melancholy air to the music.
20. She sat quietly, dolefully contemplating her dismal future.
21. The doleful song of the lovelorn poet stirred feelings of despair.
22. The drifter strummed a doleful tune on his battered guitar.
23. The haunting, doleful melody lingered in her memory for years.
24. The doleful pictures hanging on the walls seemed to reflect her mood.
25. The doleful strains of "Amazing Grace" drifted through the cemetery.
26. The doleful wails of the widow filled the room.
27. He delivered his doleful report in an emotionless monotone.
28. The doleful melody of bagpipes filled the cold Highland air.
29. A doleful dirge played in the background as the coffin was lowered.
30. The doleful sound of the harmonica brought tears to her eyes.
31. The old, doleful barn leaned sadly on its crumbling foundation.
32. The doleful miners trudged home in weary silence.
33. The wounded soldier's doleful letter brought tears to his mother's eyes.
34. The island landscape seemed dolefully bleak and barren.
35. The doleful music and dark lyrics reflected his mood perfectly.
36. The doleful sound of a ghostly wail drifted through the abandoned asylum.
37. The forlorn hippies sat around the campfire strumming doleful tunes.
38. The doleful echo of her cry reverberated throughout the forest.
39. The doleful jack-o'-lanterns leered silently from their porches.
40. The doleful silence of the lost child filled the darkness.
41. The songbird's normally cheerful song took on a doleful tone.
42. She gazed dolefully out at the stormy sea.
43. The doleful cry of the loon broke the stillness of the night.
44. The doleful child sat apart from the rest, isolated in her grief.
45. The doleful music depressed and demoralized the troops.
46. The spotlights shone on the doleful stages of the prisoners of war.
47. The doleful bleating of lost lambs filled the air.
48. The doleful faces of the old miners told a story of hardship and loss.
49. Ghostly doleful voices seemed to issue from the abandoned church ruins.
50. The doleful music made her think of lost loves and wasted years.
51. The doleful strains of a lone trumpet drifted across the barren plain.
52. The sleigh bells sounded strangely doleful on that cold winter's night.
53. The doleful notes of the trumpet faded away into silence.
54. The pensioners sat huddled together on the park bench, dolefully musing on their lost youth.
55. The doleful howl of the large dog could be heard across the valley.
56. The poet's doleful verses reflected his despair and hopelessness.
57. The doleful melody of the violin conjured up images of grief and loss.
58. The wind carried the doleful cry of the lost souls with it.
59. The doleful singer belted out melancholy folk songs into the night.
60. The doleful wail of the steam whistle seemed oddly fitting on such a grim, grey day.