sorrow

Example Sentences

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But, said Marcus Warner, a long-time search-and-rescue volunteer in the region and its chamber of commerce president, the overwhelming feeling is sorrow.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

"Then my heart is emptied of sorrow and I feel relieved."

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

The Korean word “han” can be loosely translated as a mix of sorrow and anger.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

It is closer to music than epic, a mesmerizing suite of songs that conveys Tennyson’s private sorrow as he vacillates from unbearable agony to precarious hope.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

“The dear one is daily improving…,” he wrote in his diary on Thursday, June 9, “and every other sorrow fades in the light of the joy her recovery brings.”

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow