Examples of “doleful” in a Sentence

adj Looking or sounding very sad.

• The doleful peal of the bell indicated another funeral was being held.
• We face a doleful future,” said Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, a former president of the National Academy of Medicine. — Donald G. McNeil Jr, The Coronavirus in America: The Year Ahead (2020)
• A doleful expression that tugged at my heartstrings.