sorrow
Example Sentences
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Rousseau expressed "deepest sorrow for everyone affected" in the video, which was posted on X and included both English and French subtitles.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
The films brought you through emotions that ranged from comedic, belly-laughing joy to the deep sorrow of loss.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed "deep sorrow" over the disaster.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
The Korean word “han” can be loosely translated as a mix of sorrow and anger.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
And yet in spite of sorrow and anxiety—and no one in that place was without both—there was laughter, too, in the Phillips barracks.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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