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'a melancholy' is a perfectly correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it to denote a feeling of sadness or depression. For example, "The end of summer brought a melancholy to the children, as they had to say goodbye to their carefree days of play."
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Worse, Rooney was coming off a melancholy season.
This was a melancholy "Cinderella".
He smiled a melancholy smile.
It's a melancholy prospect.
He gives it a melancholy look.
It's "a melancholy duck," he adds.
Sales can be a melancholy job.
It is indeed a melancholy scene.
What a melancholy thought.
A melancholy phrase echoes down the years.
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Orlando Gough's music is a melancholy swell.
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