My friend, Monsieur du Vallon, is of a very melancholy disposition, so much so, that one can scarcely get three words out of him all day.

An innate melancholy disposition and a sense of nature's diversity and beauty came to influence him throughout life.

By nature he was a man of brooding, I melancholy disposition, and it was evident that thoughts of the court-martial ahead of us were preying upon his mind.

The first part of their journey was performed in too melancholy a disposition to be otherwise than tedious and unpleasant.

He is of a very melancholy disposition.

When the workmen found it was impossible for me to break loose, they cut all the strings that bound me; whereupon I rose up, with as melancholy a disposition as ever I had in my life.

There, having inherited her mother's melancholy disposition, Sofia swallows an overdose of pills.

I find her in rather a melancholy disposition, but trust in the mercy of God to see her re-established.

Bao Si was of a melancholy disposition so King You offered a thousand ounces of gold to anyone who could make her laugh.