sorrow
noun
distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
was sorrowing
-
past progressiveof sorrow.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But a little corner of her mind was sorrowing that her friend’s first flight was not being made through a still summer evening of golden light over the green Pennines.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Maybe it was sorrowing with her at being thus suppressed by everybody that made me write her case to Peter with such fervor.
From Over Paradise Ridge A Romance by Maria Thompson Daviess
And he said he was sorrowing for a lily-white hound that he had lost.
From Letters on Literature by Andrew Lang
This Psalm was written by David when he was sorrowing for sin, and if there are any such among you, my dear friends, let me speak a few words to you.
From True Words for Brave Men by Charles Kingsley
From henceforth the career of Lochiel was one of activity and of exertions which it must have been almost melancholy to witness in one whose heart was sorrowing and foreboding.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. by Mrs. Thomson
