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Example sentences for dolefully

He is a poor lost hound dog dolefully pining for his master's forgiveness.
Cullers adjusts his cap and stares off into the distance dolefully-trapped, it seems, by his own success.
Dolefully, with every blast, peace looks more distant.
There they hung yet, every rusty link squeaking dolefully in the wind that never ceased blowing from the sea.

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