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dolor

[doh-ler] / ˈdoʊ lər /


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With the end in sight the connection between Evans' Endeavour Morse and Thaw's feels closer than ever, previewed in a few surreptitiously placed lines of dialogue and the detective's amplified dolor.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022

For me the great shame and dolor of our times is the story of immigrant children.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021

"Un pueblo unido en el dolor," a plaque at the foot of the monument reads.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2021

This is why the butt dial hits us where it hurts, triggering embarrassment that grades into a deeper existential dolor.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 5, 2019

The little girl ghost, Bahar, dripping with river water and dolor, told her solemnly, “Sarai can’t play right now,” which sent a chill up her spine.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

“All elements in this rainbow program,” Crowther wrote, “are carefully contrived and guaranteed to lift the dolors of winter and put you in a buttercup mood.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2021

But Joan’s story line kept getting pushed aside by the dolors of Pete, Roger and others.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2013

And Tarkovsky is happy to display them in their dolors, at his pace, with all the spare majesty of his style.

From Time Magazine Archive

Remember, oh most loving Mother, by these, thy own dolors, the soul of thy poor servant, who will soon be engaged in her last earthly conflict.

From May Brooke by Anna Hanson Dorsey

What are the "seven dolors" of the Blessed Virgin?

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Thomas L. Kinkead


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