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

My heart went out with a sweet sorrowfulness for that poor general or for the folk he bethreatened.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various

When she looked around it was with a sorrowfulness as of farewell.

From Nocturne by Swinnerton, Frank