in sorrow

Example Sentences

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Investing emotionally in any piece of cinema is likely to end in sorrow — even Marvel isn’t immune to the world’s changes.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

“In Britain, and across Europe, free speech, I fear, is in retreat,” he said more in sorrow than anger.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

They wailed in sorrow that their city’s saint was about to sail away to foreign lands.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

But they say, perhaps in sorrow and in anger: "His career ends with him alone, a victim of his utter inability to tell the truth to anyone, including himself."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2023

When they saw that the steps did not come back from the river’s side, they cried out in sorrow, for they knew now what had happened to the first girl.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith