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

But she did not tell them of the sorriness of her situation: it might have brought reproach upon him.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas

And her sorriness held her heart warm, in the glow of giving comfort.

From The Fortieth Door by Bradley, Mary Hastings

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

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein