sorrow

Sian Randall, headteacher at Sea Mills Primary School, where the two eldest children were pupils, said there were "no words that display the depth of sorrow".

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The sorrow is intimate as he recalls tender moments with his child and expansive as he grieves for the dead of the Civil War and ponders his responsibility for all of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The African Union Commission chairman expressed his "profound sorrow over the tragic loss of life" in a statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Atonement” wants you to do more than sympathize with them, preferring we understand the varying degrees of guilt, sorrow and anger that have led Mariam, Lou and Michael to this fraught reunion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He radiated sorrow and bitterness, as if he were so wrapped up in his own misery that he resented Annabeth for trying to make him focus on anything else.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

Nurses and doctors, weeping relatives, and volunteers from the Free African Society whispered their sorrows.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

Tammany-Boss Tweed and Jay Gould sorrowed sincerely; the masses, damp-eyed, mourned vociferously.

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

Though sprinkled with reminders of Lynch and Cronenberg and others, Tippett’s defiantly adult vision has a freakish originality and a sorrowing tone that’s oddly touching.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022

Any information will be gladly received by their sorrowing mother, Catherine Mason, at 1818 Hancock St., between Master and Thompson, Phila.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2015

It hits the weakest, most sorrowing part of me; but I am only a surrogate, for who knows what lack, what loss.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood