sorriness

Example Sentences

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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

The king asked, "What is the story of the merchant and how was his luck changed upon him by the sorriness of his doom?"

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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

But she did not tell them of the sorriness of her situation: it might have brought reproach upon him.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas