Something undefined in her feeling of possession she had been robbed of, she knew it by her spiritlessness; and she would fain have attributed it to the idle motion of the car, now and them stupidly jolting her on, after the valiant exercise of her limbs.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
The fire had died out of her eyes, and still there lurked something weird in the very spiritlessness, and dull and vacant sadness of her gaze.
"The Honour of the Flag"
W. Clark Russell
There was a spiritlessness in this man that surprised me.
"The Honour of the Flag"
W. Clark Russell