- present participle of sorrow.
sorrowing
Example Sentences
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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
“Words fail to describe the grateful relief that this work has brought to many a sorrowing household,” wrote David Wills, a lawyer who led the effort to create the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2020
In other words, how does a three-pound lump of dendrites and axons and sodium channels create a loving, sorrowing, self-knowing self?
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2018
They dressed the maiden as though for her death and carried her to the hill with greater sorrowing than if it had been to her tomb.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
