sorrowing

Example Sentences

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The challenge for the author is to write a pulse-pounding thriller without sorrowing over this injustice too much.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

“We mend, but we don’t forget,” she offers by way of comfort to the sorrowing nobleman.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2022

“Words fail to describe the grateful relief that this work has brought to many a sorrowing household,” wrote David Wills, a lawyer who led the effort to create the Gettysburg National Cemetery.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2020

Any information will be gladly received by their sorrowing mother, Catherine Mason, at 1818 Hancock St., between Master and Thompson, Phila.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2015

Demeter, goddess of the harvest wealth, was still more the divine sorrowing mother who saw her daughter die each year.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton