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
I have seen something since then that has driven all my sorriness out of my head.
From "Pip" A Romance of Youth by Ian Hay
But the sorriness of their nags made no difference as regarded the looks of the ladies.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
And yet for very sorriness I cannot own the weird phantasma real!
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
