sorrow
noun
distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
am sorrowing
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present progressiveof sorrow (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But I am sorrowing in my mood That I suld leave my mother good.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
I am not mourning, at this tide, That I suld be Cospatrick's bride; But I am sorrowing in my mood, 29 That I suld leave my mother good.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
Nunc tamen interea: But now while I thus am sorrowing, interea, as in 14.
From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Curtis C. Bushnell
O Jonathan, your death has mortally wounded me, O Jonathan, my brother, for you I am sorrowing.
From The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman
“I am not mourning, at this tide,That I suld he Cospatrick’s bride;But I am sorrowing in my mood,That I suld leave my mother good.”
From A Collection of Ballads by Andrew Lang
