“Serena refused to invite the atrabilious Mr. Morne, who could spoil a party just by opening his mouth.”

“The atrabilious maladies to which artists were supposedly vulnerable included lovesickness and plague.”

“The country has its eye on that knot of atrabilious Liberals whose voice is that of Jacob, but whose hands are the hands of Esau.”

“Daily he became more atrabiliary, sinking into a state of melancholy that eliminates the joy of living into the sadness of living.”