doleful

he could be stricken off with doleful consequences.

the doleful cries of lost sheep

The chastised child looked at her father with a pathetic, doleful expression.

to sing a doleful song

to deliver doleful news

to wear a doleful look

to express doleful feelings

a doleful tone of voice

" They are young, " said a slow, doleful voice from behind Harry.

But never doleful dream again shall break his happy slumber when

" Take care, " answered another doleful voice.

If he does go, the change will be doleful.

He has been very silent and doleful of late.

There, there, you needn't look so doleful over it!

She passed into another ballad, this time a really doleful one.

A very ragged beggar had slouched up to them, with a doleful, monotonous whine.

'And it won't be your fault, ' she continued, looking into the candle with doleful eyes. '

His eyes closed and he began to sing in a doleful voice: I went to the animal fair.