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sorrow

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




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Jack Lowden is photographed in his RCS days as Giovanni in Sweet Sorrow.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

The director’s 1969 masterpiece, “The Sorrow and the Pity,” an intense, four-hour work that made Ophuls’ reputation, began as a project for a government-owned French broadcast network.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

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

Among the few that have, I highly recommend “The Sorrow of War,” by Bao Ninh, which tells the story of Kien, a Hanoi boy who went to war and returned a traumatized man.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023

The Sorrow Eater by now looked as old as dust.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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