was sorrowing
- past progressive of sorrow.
Example Sentences
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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
It was the time of the Boer War, and all Christendom was sorrowing over the conflict.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
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 Daviess, Maria Thompson
Of necessity he must think that she was sorrowing on her own account.
From Demos by Gissing, George
She clung so affectionately to him and looked up into his face with an appeal so wistful that he was touched, thinking only that she was sorrowing over his going away.
From The Delafield Affair by Kelly, Florence Finch
