They fell uneasily silent, listening to the melancholy note of the bell.

The distant whistle of a train added a melancholy note to the silent neighborhood.

He struck a melancholy note, wondering if things could have, or should have, been different.

He blew on this with all his might and a high, melancholy note echoed through the city.

Yet her final melancholy note still hung in the air!

The summer ended on a melancholy note in Hollywood, which was far better than what was predicted.

Speaking about her four years as an undergraduate, she began on a melancholy note.

That melancholy note could be heard some distance away, where a group of phagors had become separated from their main component.

But do I detect a melancholy note in your voice?

He could feel the melancholy notes prying at the stubborn shutters on his heart.