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sorrow

[sor-oh, sawr-oh] / ˈsɒr oʊ, ˈsɔr oʊ /




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Sorrow and wonder intermingle in the astute girl’s turbulent journey.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

People are beginning to gather outside the Church of the Icon of Our Lady Quench My Sorrow, in Maryino, where the funeral of Alexei Navalny is due to take place later today.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024

In fact, they're having so much fun that they are living in a full-fledged, delusional fantasy that makes "Barbie" look like "The Sorrow and the Pity."

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2023

Birth is suffering; Decay is suffering; Death is suffering; Sorrow, Lamentation, Pain, Grief, and Despair, are suffering; not to get what one desires, is suffering.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Instead he gives Van Rappard a pile of woodcuts and a drawing—still another version of Sorrow.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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