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

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

But the sorriness of their nags made no difference as regarded the looks of the ladies.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

Moreover, the figure near at hand suffers on such occasion, because it shows up its sorriness without shade; while vague figures afar off are honoured, in that their distance makes artistic virtues of their stains.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas