All 6 Uses

melancholy
in
The Thundering Herd
(Auto-generated)

So there was more than the melancholy languor of autumn in the still air.†
Chpt 1 *

melancholy = a sad feeling or manner
Had they been the cause of this sudden melancholy one moment and inexplicable exaltation the next, and his curiosity about her, and this delving into himself?†
Chpt 2
It seemed a melancholy thing, even to Tom, who had been so eager to earn his share of the profits.†
Chpt 8
As Milly settled down again to the actual presence of this slaughter she accepted the fact with melancholy resignation.†
Chpt 13
They crowded the hours and miles behind them, and bore Milly to another watercourse, a wide glade-bordered enlargement of a stream, where ducks and cranes and kingfishers gave life to the melancholy scene.†
Chpt 15
Then he headed south out into the melancholy gray of the prairie.†
Chpt 18

Definitions: