DISCONSOLATE in a Sentence

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18 example sentences for DISCONSOLATE, such as:

1. The death of his wife left him disconsolate.
2. I can stay to recall, only then has disconsolate.
3. The street lamps gave a disconsolate and useless glimmer.
4. My thoughts strayed from that question as I looked disconsolately at the fire.
5. Tom rose, disconsolate, and stumbled into the cabin that had been allotted to him.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISCONSOLATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
disconsolate
 a.  sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting
Classic Sentence:
1  I glanced at my companion, and his face had assumed such a disconsolate expression that it was all I could do to keep my countenance.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
2  The middle one of the three windows was half-way open; and sitting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr. Jekyll.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT AT THE WINDOW
3  The disconsolate journalist had seated himself at a writing-table.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
4  In one corner, near a small fire, sat an old man, leaning his head on his hands in a disconsolate attitude.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
5  She had taken them out now, to adapt herself, I suppose, to the altered character of the house; and wore but one or two disconsolate bows of sober brown.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 46. INTELLIGENCE
6  A few days after, Tom was standing musing by the balconies, when he was joined by Adolph, who, since the death of his master, had been entirely crest-fallen and disconsolate.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
7  Tom rose, disconsolate, and stumbled into the cabin that had been allotted to him.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
8  Jo leaned her chin on her knees in a disconsolate attitude and shook her fist at the reprehensible John.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY
9  The street lamps gave a disconsolate and useless glimmer.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: X
10  Having satisfied himself that there was no risk of immediate discovery he went back to the kitchen with a lighter step, and found Mattie disconsolately removing the last scraps of pickle from the floor.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
11  "That's that," she thought, disconsolately looking down at the floor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
12  Oh, dear, I wish I hadn't asked you to speak, Mama, said May, looking disconsolately at the empty spaces on her table.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY
13  My thoughts strayed from that question as I looked disconsolately at the fire.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
14  Through several succeeding days he saw her at different times from the window of his room moping disconsolately about the garden.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 3 The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin
15  The old servant returned to the caleche, looked into it, shook his head disconsolately, told the driver to turn into the yard, and stopped beside Mavra Kuzminichna.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence:
1  Right here waiting to recall, just at that time already disconsolate write how much like of the pain.
2  I can stay to recall, only then has disconsolate.
3  The death of his wife left him disconsolate.