Words similar to mournfully

Example sentences for: mournfully

How can you use “mournfully” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He gives us dexterous word painting, like this description of a decrepit hospital in which "the ghosts of patients long departed recline on skeletal neststeads and the broken spirits of long gone junior doctors toe-tap mournfully over the linoleum."
"Today," said Vice President Al Gore mournfully, "many employers report difficulty in recruiting enough workers with these skills."
I'll bet the unemployed blue-collar workers Springsteen sings about so mournfully would trade places with him in a second.
Novak mournfully reports that the phone never rings.
Their financial situation is a representative sample--"we are all Beatles now," she writes mournfully.