He slammed the door and walked away spleenishly, refusing to explain himself.

Her sudden spleenishness made the dinner awkward for everyone.

On the windswept cliff ledge, the small sea spleenwort clung to the rock, its fronds trembling in the salt spray.

After the accident left him spleenless, he had to take extra precautions to avoid infections.

Spleenworts carpet the rocky crevices of the old stone wall, adding a touch of green to the ruins.

After the criticism, she became spleenish and spoke only in short, clipped sentences.

The pathologist described the tumor as spleenlike in texture and color.

Trudell's spleenwort often grows in the shaded crevices of Appalachian cliffs where its parent species overlap.

The botanist carefully documented the habitat preferences of ebony spleenworts growing along the shaded ravine.