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And he who turned a deaf ear to her prayers was one who had sorrowed and yearned for a whole year.

From The Emperor of Portugalia by Howard, Velma Swanston

I had sorrowed a little at the time in thinking that he did not personally better grace his circumstances and character, but until this moment I had never thought of him again.

From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie

She had only been a widow a month, and the first loss had had no bitterness in it, though she had sorrowed with the tender affection of a loyal heart.

From Fated to Be Free by Ingelow, Jean

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 Hawthorne, Julian

In surprise, disappointment and anxiety, her first impulse was to make it known—to whom else than to him who had sorrowed with her at the stone-closed door?

From A Life of St. John for the Young by Weed, George Ludington