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  • present participle of sorrow.

sorrowing

ADJECTIVE
crying
Synonyms








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

Though sprinkled with reminders of Lynch and Cronenberg and others, Tippett’s defiantly adult vision has a freakish originality and a sorrowing tone that’s oddly touching.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 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

Their backs bent under the burden of the Witch, and their sorrowing hearts were as heavy as stones.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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