sorrow
noun
distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
are sorrowing
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present progressiveof sorrow.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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Dickens was so full of life that it did not seem possible he could die, and yet he has gone before us, and we are sorrowing for him. . . .
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster
Punctuality is very necessary in regard to everything connected with a funeral service, as the overwrought nerves of those who are sorrowing should not be taxed to bear any extra tension.
From The Etiquette of To-day by Edith B. Ordway
And yet we are sorrowing so bitterly for him.
From Little Eyolf by William Archer
They whose voices were heard in my halls are now speechless and they who so lately rejoiced are sorrowing.
From The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish by James Fenimore Cooper
Why is it not granted us to cheer the hearts and illumine the minds of those who are sorrowing so vainly over our cold dust?”
From In Both Worlds by William Henry Holcombe
