Example Sentences

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The challenge for the author is to write a pulse-pounding thriller without sorrowing over this injustice too much.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

“We mend, but we don’t forget,” she offers by way of comfort to the sorrowing nobleman.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2022

Any information will be gladly received by their sorrowing mother, Catherine Mason, at 1818 Hancock St., between Master and Thompson, Phila.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2015

Mary Feminear, another soprano, showed versatility as Magdalene, in her sorrowing and then in her transcendent joy.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2014

They dressed the maiden as though for her death and carried her to the hill with greater sorrowing than if it had been to her tomb.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton