sorrowful

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A complex, funny, plangently sorrowful Pygmalion story is enacted between two people who are connected but also held apart by their separate histories of oppression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Figueroa, 29, lived up to his moniker, 'Heartbreaker', on a deflating and sorrowful night for 'Wrecking' Ball and the Liverpool crowd.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani described his passing as "sorrowful", calling him a "noble and thoughtful actor of Iranian cinema" in a post on X.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Tonally, this steady and powerful film is everything the original program wasn’t: hesitant, sorrowful and compassionate for every human being onscreen.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

I listened to the sorrowful sound of his voice until my mother’s hand switched it to off.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor