Both Uses of
doleful
in
Bleak House
- So with the dogs in the kennel-buildings across the park, who have their restless fits and whose doleful voices when the wind has been very obstinate have even made it known in the house itself— upstairs, downstairs, and in my Lady's chamber.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- The bell that rings at nine o'clock has ceased its doleful clangour about nothing; the gates are shut; and the night-porter, a solemn warder with a mighty power of sleep, keeps guard in his lodge.†
Chpt 31-33
Definition:
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(doleful) expressing or causing sadness