dolor
noun
sorrow; grief.
dolors
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pluralof dolor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“All elements in this rainbow program,” Crowther wrote, “are carefully contrived and guaranteed to lift the dolors of winter and put you in a buttercup mood.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2021
But Joan’s story line kept getting pushed aside by the dolors of Pete, Roger and others.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2013
And Tarkovsky is happy to display them in their dolors, at his pace, with all the spare majesty of his style.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hero touches the wound in the side of the king with the sacred spear, ends his dolors, and is hailed as king in his place.
From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel
Aleta had gone down to hearten her friend from these dolors.
From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Louis J. (Louis John) Stellman
