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Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson
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- Next she fell into melancholy, grumbling about the lazy British commanders floating at anchor off Staten Island, observing New York through long spyglasses but making no move to invade.†
p. 123.9melancholy = a sad feeling or manner
- MELANCHOLY HELD ME HOSTAGE, and the bees built a hive of sadness in my soul.†
p. 157.3 *
- He tried to smile, but his eyes were downcast and melancholy.†
p. 230.2
- The ashes of sadness and the buzzing bees of my melancholy all spun a storm inside of me, and I walked and walked until my new shoes rubbed blisters all over my feet and the blisters popped.†
p. 246.5
- My eyes closed and the moon drew me west, away from the island of my melancholy.†
p. 299.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)