sorrowing

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Sorrowing relatives of the victims charged that both the State Department and FBI should have long ago heeded their warnings about Jonestown.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sorrowing mothers; I always hurry away when the first sod falls with its horrible thud; it unstrings the chords of one's being, and the best thing is to depart.

From Woman's Endurance by Luckhoff, A. D (August D.)

Sorrowing at her disappointment, Victorine would have led her from the room, but she refused to accompany her. 

From The Young Lord and Other Tales to which is added Victorine Durocher by Weir, Harrison

Sorrowing he orders the bards to chant her praises, and joining with her attendants to waft her departing soul “to the fathers’ dwelling” with farewell hymns.

From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)

Some painters have been at great pains to fashion a countenance sorrowful enough and patient enough to represent the subject of the Mater Dolorosa, that is, the Sorrowing Mother of Christ.

From Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)