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sorrow

[sor-oh, sawr-oh] / ˈsɒr oʊ, ˈsɔr oʊ /




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With great humanity, “Ulysses S. Cat” makes the case for pets, not as toys or diversions, but as companions in joy, sorrow and all the rest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"With profound grief and sorrow, I urge the authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and take strict action against anyone found responsible so that such tragedies can be prevented in the future," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned the decision to publicly livestream Hasan's execution, expressing "shock and great sorrow" in a statement.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The news was expected, but that doesn’t lessen Latif’s sorrow — or the anger of those in his life who felt he should have been around more before her death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

And maybe it’s the sorrow Scoob can imagine making the lines in her face look deeper.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

It’s not just a byproduct of social media, 24/7 cable news and our shared tendency to drowning in constant updates on the sorrows of the world.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Life in Halifax had its joys and sorrows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

In post-post-war American culture, suburbs and small towns are more often than not a stage for secrets, sorrows, scandals and satire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026

"Her films, her voice, her dazzling glory, her initials, her sorrows, her generous passion for animals, her face that became Marianne, Brigitte Bardot embodied a life of freedom," he said.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

Everything that was not suffered to the end and finally concluded, recurred, and the same sorrows were undergone.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

And I sorrowed for my father’s harm as though I had been smitten myself; so sorrowed I for his unhappy old age.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019

“We are incredibly sorrowed at the loss of Officer Galvez and our thoughts and prayers are with all who knew and loved him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2015

You’ve clucked, sorrowed and sighed at “The Pride”: plus ça change, plus c’est la même self-esteem issue.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2010

We sorrowed with you, we wrote letters to you, we boasted about you.

From Time Magazine Archive

They sorrowed in their dreaming and they sorrowed in their waking up.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

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

Combining formal audacity with emotional intimacy and sharp social observation, the picture attains a fullness of humorous, sorrowing life.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2020

In other words, how does a three-pound lump of dendrites and axons and sodium channels create a loving, sorrowing, self-knowing self?

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2018

Their backs bent under the burden of the Witch, and their sorrowing hearts were as heavy as stones.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill


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