Sentence example with the word 'plaintively'

plaintively

brokenheartedly, complainingly, dolefully, dolorously, fretfully, grieffully, grievously, groaningly, lamentingly, moanfully, mournfully, peevishly, petulantly, querulously, ruefully, sorrowfully, tearfully, wailfully, woefully

Definition adv. in a plaintive manner

Last update: October 26, 2015


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At last, when the ship drew near to the outskirts, as it were, of the Equatorial fishing-ground, and in the deep darkness that goes before the dawn, was sailing by a cluster of rocky islets; the watch--then headed by Flask--was startled by a cry so plaintively wild and unearthly--like half-articulated wailings of the ghosts of all Herod's murdered Innocents--that one and all, they started from their reveries, and for the space of some moments stood, or sat, or leaned all transfixedly listening, like the carved Roman slave, while that wild cry remained within hearing.   [Please select]

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BLOOM: (Plaintively) Hugeness.   [Please select]

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"It was so sudden," said the other, plaintively.   [Please select]

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Move a scrap," pleaded Ulyth Stanton plaintively."   [Please select]

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"I do like them," sighed Stephanie plaintively.   [Please select]

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"I wish I were a senior," said Winnie Fowler plaintively.   [Please select]

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"I have left a good place in Albany to come here," said Sarah, plaintively.   [Please select]

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The sledge slid along in the midst of a plaintively intense melody.   [Please select]

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He frowned plaintively, wishing he could think of some polite way of asking her to go away.   [Please select]

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Camilla brightened when Miss Pocket met with this rebuff; and she murmured, as she plaintively contemplated Miss Havisham, "Poor dear soul."   [Please select]

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They don't tell one of these things," he said plaintively, "when they talk of the advantages of the army.   [Please select]

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