It will divert your thoughts from a mournful subject
"A little piece of a dead crow," was Bruno's mournful reply.
"These are mournful auspices to accompany a betrothal," sighed poor Renee.
After a moment's mournful silence, his heart overflowed, and he gave way to a flood of tears.
Diana and Mary's general answer to this question was a sigh, and some minutes of apparently mournful meditation.
The theme in F minor has the elusive charm of a slow, mournful valse, that returns twice, bejewelled, yet never overladen.
It was a wintry evening: the trees were stripped of their foliage, the churchyard looked naked and mournful, and the wind rustled coldly through the dry grass.
As the Kohen reached the summit there arose a strange sound--a mournful, plaintive chant, which seemed to be sung chiefly by the paupers at the base of the pyramid.
The animals would elevate their noses in the air, and, as if at a prearranged signal, all would strike the first note of their mournful wail at identically the same instant.