sorrow
noun
distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
had sorrowed
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past perfectof sorrow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He who had marked her sorrow and lament, That day, himself had sorrowed with the fair.
From Orlando Furioso by William Stewart Rose
They had forgotten New England, and those who loved them and had sorrowed for them there.
From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Julian Hawthorne
Her face, which till then had been free from grief or anxiety, changed suddenly to that of one who had sorrowed deeply, and who for the first time hopes.
From The Shadow Witch by Anne Merriman Peck
And though she had sorrowed his younger days, yet he felt very kindly to her.
From The Wind Bloweth by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
Surely, she had sorrowed for him; but why had she not answered his letter?
From The House of the Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck
