sorrowfulness

Example Sentences

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Although such sorrowfulness might send Ward to Spotify, Cooper believes this kind of event can actually increase loyalty to radio.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2022

The pervading atmosphere of sorrowfulness in much of Josquin’s music, whether applied to sacred music or secular songs of unhappy love, is typical of his strife-filled time.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

There the idiot sat, portrait in hand, encountering me with a look of unutterable sorrowfulness.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various

The rosy afterglow of the classic world was upon these Greek Fathers; but at the same time they suffered from the sorrowfulness of the new religion, which held so many sad and pessimistic elements.

From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred

Eric was touched to the heart’s core, and in one rapid lightning-like glance, his memory revealed to him the faultful past, in all its sorrowfulness.

From Eric, or Little by Little by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)