dolor
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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
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
Having spent three seasons struggling with its own dolor, “The Leftovers” was always interesting, in the worst, most nebulous sense of the word.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2018
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
What are the seven dolors of the Blessed Virgin?
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous
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
Vocabulary lists containing dolor
The Tempest
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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