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On several occasions, he sorrowfully shook his head.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2022

It features a more demure production and Polachek sorrowfully singing, “Tryna find the lightswitch in the dark / burying the good girl I know I’m not,” with a simple strumming guiding her despair.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021

“We also sorrowfully acknowledge the historical and ongoing trauma and the legacy of suffering and challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples that continue to this day.”

From Reuters • Sep. 25, 2021

Ronald Maathe, a 25-year-old janitor at a gym outside Uganda’s capital of Kampala, shook his head sorrowfully when saying that his monthly salary is now the equivalent of $43.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2021

"I really do have an appetite," Gregor said to himself sorrowfully, "but not for these things. How these lodgers stuff themselves, and I am dying."

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka