sorriness

“As old as I am,” Mounger said, “I got my greatest lesson on the sorriness of human nature at that time.”

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

His voice was thick with sorriness, and he could hardly get the words out.

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.”

I have seen something since then that has driven all my sorriness out of my head.