sorrowfully
Example Sentences
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There is a music video of the Roxy Music song “Avalon” in which Bryan Ferry wears a white tuxedo and dances sorrowfully around a castle.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
It features a more demure production and Polachek sorrowfully singing, “Tryna find the lightswitch in the dark / burying the good girl I know I’m not,” with a simple strumming guiding her despair.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021
“We also sorrowfully acknowledge the historical and ongoing trauma and the legacy of suffering and challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples that continue to this day.”
From Reuters ● Sep. 25, 2021
Ronald Maathe, a 25-year-old janitor at a gym outside Uganda’s capital of Kampala, shook his head sorrowfully when saying that his monthly salary is now the equivalent of $43.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
At length she grew more calm and turning to him said, sweetly, but oh! so sorrowfully, as she held out her hand:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
