Crestfallen
Hello,
Can we use crestfallen in this way?
Crestfallen, John went to his church for answers.
Thanks,
Top answer
Semantically speaking, any connection between his being crestfallen and his going to church for answers seems unlikely. But if all you mean to ask is whether "crestfallen" can be an introductory adjective, then yes, as long as it refers to the subject of the sentence as it does here.
- Semantically speaking, any connection between his being crestfallen and his going to church for answers seems unlikely.
- But if all you mean to ask is whether "crestfallen" can be an introductory adjective, then yes, as long as it refers to the subject of the sentence as it does here.
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Semantically speaking, any connection between his being crestfallen and his going to church for answers seems unlikely. But if all you mean to ask is whether "crestfallen" can be an introductory adjective, then yes, as long as it refers to the subject of the sentence as it does here.
0Yes.
But without setting a context in which John failed or was disappointed or dispirited in some way, this sentence doesn't really show that you know what the word means.
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