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sorriness



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“As old as I am,” Mounger said, “I got my greatest lesson on the sorriness of human nature at that time.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 28, 2016

Soon you will understand the sweetness of crying, of ears and sorriness and pastries and calves and diaphragms and tongues, each one as soothing as the last.”

From New York Times Jan. 15, 2010

And her sorriness held her heart warm, in the glow of giving comfort.

From The Fortieth Door by Bradley, Mary Hastings

I have seen something since then that has driven all my sorriness out of my head.

From "Pip" A Romance of Youth by Hay, Ian

An odd feeling of sorriness for her step-mother came over Joan.

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein




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