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

An odd feeling of sorriness for her step-mother came over Joan.

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

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

From Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales by Metelerkamp, Sanni

I had given thee this but, of the sorriness of thy doom and thy fortune, thou hast done this deed, O oppressor of thine own self!

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir