sorrowfulness

Example Sentences

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Although such sorrowfulness might send Ward to Spotify, Cooper believes this kind of event can actually increase loyalty to radio.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2022

The pervading atmosphere of sorrowfulness in much of Josquin’s music, whether applied to sacred music or secular songs of unhappy love, is typical of his strife-filled time.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Again, “The smell of Basil is good for the heart ... it taketh away sorrowfulness, which commeth of melancholy and maketh a man merry and glad.”

From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair

They combine rare excellences; the concentration, the finish, the gravity of a man’s thought, with the tenderness, the insight, the constitutional sorrowfulness of a woman’s—her purity, her passionateness, her delicate and keen sense and expression.

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

"Poor mother!" repeated Dora in a voice that was only more soft and caressing because of its sorrowfulness.

From A Houseful of Girls by Tytler, Sarah