lugubrious - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • voice: He has a lugubrious baritone voice that renders his wonderful lyrics as wistful or deadpan hilarious as appropriate.
  • howl: Presently a dog set up a long, lugubrious howl just outside -- within ten feet of them.

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