Example Sentences
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On several occasions, he sorrowfully shook his head.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2022
There is a music video of the Roxy Music song “Avalon” in which Bryan Ferry wears a white tuxedo and dances sorrowfully around a castle.
From New York Times • May 17, 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
At length she grew more calm and turning to him said, sweetly, but oh! so sorrowfully, as she held out her hand:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
