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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

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

Yes, it was as I expected, he was sorrowing over his friend.

From The Seven Secrets by Le Queux, William

Bulba turned slowly, with drooping head, and retraced his steps, followed by the complaints of Yankel who was sorrowing at the thought of the wasted ducats.

From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich

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 Thomson, Mrs.