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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

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

From Washington Post Jul. 15, 2021

There can be something suspect about dolor, with its seam of gratification, and Christle’s self-awareness occasionally falters, so that her objective can feel less like catharsis than like a literary ode to wallowing.

From The New Yorker Jan. 8, 2020

Pearson searched Google and found “Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim,” which is Latin for, “Be patient and tough; this pain will be useful.”

From New York Times Feb. 23, 2015

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

The hero touches the wound in the side of the king with the sacred spear, ends his dolors, and is hailed as king in his place.

From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel

A. The seven dolors of the Blessed Virgin are the chief sorrowful events in the life of Our Blessed Lady.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous




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