DOLE in a Sentence

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34 example sentences for DOLE, such as:

1. She quickly doled out the food.
2. She lost her job and had to claim dole.
3. There was one who raised a doleful cry.
4. If he does go, the change will be doleful.
5. He has been very silent and doleful of late.

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 Meanings and Examples of DOLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dole
 n.  grief; sorrow; lamentation; distribution; dealing; boundary; landmark
Classic Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now that it was truly their own food, produced by themselves and for themselves, not doled out to them by a grudging master.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
2  An allowance of brandy was doled out to each.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED
3  And after the first flush of freedom wore off, and his true helplessness dawned on the freedman, he came back and picked up his hoe, and old master still doled out his bacon and meal.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
4  The tunes were either very lively or very doleful, and he sang words to some of them.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
5  There was one who raised a doleful cry.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
6  The men's faces grew doleful from the interpreting of omens.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
7  The expression of her face was an odd mixture of shrewdness and cunning, over which was oddly drawn, like a kind of veil, an expression of the most doleful gravity and solemnity.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
8  So it was not very pleasant when she opened the door of her room, to see Martha standing waiting for her with a doleful face.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
9  The clock of the Invalides struck a quarter to twelve; the west wind bore on its moistened gusts the doleful vibration of the three strokes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 82. The Burglary.
10  She passed into another ballad, this time a really doleful one.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
11  If he does go, the change will be doleful.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
12  We had a doleful parting, and when I took my place by Magwitch's side, I felt that that was my place henceforth while he lived.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIV
13  I picture my small self in the dimly-lighted rooms, sitting with my head upon my hand, listening to the doleful performance of Mr. Mell, and conning tomorrow's lessons.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
14  He has been very silent and doleful of late.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
15  One sent forth the praises of Athelstane in a doleful panegyric; another, in a Saxon genealogical poem, rehearsed the uncouth and harsh names of his noble ancestry.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
Example Sentence:
1  She lost her job and had to claim dole.
2  The Red Cross flew to the area of the earthquake,ready to dole out supplies of food,water and medicine.
3  The poor family received the fixed dole every month.
4  Billions of dollars of dodgy loans - doled out by banks to subprime borrowers and then resold numerous times on international debt markets - began to unravel and default.
5  She quickly doled out the food.
6  He found the doleful lamentations of the bereaved family emotionally disturbing and he left as quickly as he could.
7  The gale still rising, seemed to my ear to muffle a mournful under-sound; whether in the house or abroad I could not at first tell, but it recurred, doubtful yet doleful at every lull; at last I made out it must be some dog howling at a distance.
8  Melrose said his supply went dry Saturday after doling out 10 times the normal number of flu shots to victims of the coughing—sneezing-head-feverish epidemic sweeping the nation.