sorrow
noun
distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
Example Sentences
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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
Her voice shifting as subtly as her pallor, she conjured to the stage both sides of a sorrowfully confounding mother-daughter relationship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2020
But when she reached Pa, he looked at her sorrowfully for a moment, and then took her on his knee and cuddled her against him.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
