"As bad as a chicken just out of the shell," shaking her head with comical lugubriousness.
"Sara, a Princess"
Fannie E. Newberry
But if Mick was full of the spirit of adventure, and looked forward to that spring Wednesday when he should leave for Queenstown, his mother made up for his heartless joy by her lugubriousness.
"An Isle in the Water"
Katharine Tynan
Captain Bingo blows a genuine sigh of relief, and the latent lugubriousness departs from him.
"The Dop Doctor"
Clotilde Inez Mary Graves