"We have so much to be thankful for," she said suddenly in a mournful marveling tone.

Easing back into her chair, Wilson thought for a moment before speaking again, this time with a softer, almost mournful tone.

Drawn by the lord's mournful tone, she turned and lightly touched his arm.

"But it's empty," he said in a plaintive, mournful tone.

We have seldom heard that great hymn sung in such a mournful tone.

This was the hilaria proper (as opposed to the mournful tone of the previous days).

And it was certainly heartening news, though suddenly I could hear my father's mournful tones.

She paused, and her voice took on a mournful tone.

"I know this is a trying time for you," Tannerton said in practiced mournful tones.

The phrase was an old joke, and she uttered it now in the appropriately mournful tones.