Noun : His first sorrow was the bank failure. ,muffled sorrow. From Dictionary.com.
All civilized nations tender us their sympathy, and unite with us in sorrowing over our sad bereavement. From Wordnik.com. [A Memorial Discourse on the Character of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
After the young Bohemian's father had departed this life, the Emperor himself had dubbed his sorrowing son Knight, and nevertheless he was devoid alike of pride and scornfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
Bitterly did I regret leaving my sorrowing parents. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer] Reference
Behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 49: Luke The Challoner Revision] Reference
His sorrowing mother never ceased her pleading with. From Wordnik.com. [How the Flag Became Old Glory] Reference
Hagar, still sorrowing in the doorway, saw and interpreted. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
So, after sorrowing for many days, he made up his mind to try to find it. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference
How vivid the picture of wild idiocy is pictured in her sad, sorrowing face. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
He realized the truth of the proverb, "Who goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.". From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
Captain Jules's calm voice roused the sorrowing friends of little Tania to action. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
Dashing down the precipice in his mad search, he now came upon the sorrowing group. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
The sorrowing boy returned to his grandmother, and told her everything that had happened. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference
Still, as a loyal member of Semper Fidelis it is my duty to comfort my sorrowing comrades. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College] Reference
He was borne to the grave to the sound of martial music, followed by a sorrowing multitude. From Wordnik.com. [Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada] Reference
And he knew of their sorrow, and as they went to him he would comfort their sorrowing hearts. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
It was left to a sorrowing nation to answer his call for help — and tor pray with him for God's. From Wordnik.com. [The Day Kennedy Died] Reference
She soon came to herself, but felt very weak, and informed her sorrowing father that she must die. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Grace's eyes were fastened on Tom with the sorrowing air of one who has inadvertently hurt a child. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
And he sprang forward, and bowed before the sorrowing old man, making his forehead touch the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Sometimes would ask you, our hearts deep with sorrowing though we spoke lightly, though happy to see. From Wordnik.com. [Lysistrata] Reference
Are not these dying men and these sorrowing women entitled to know definitely for what their nation is fighting?. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
But the stones, erect as when set by sorrowing friends perhaps two hundred years ago, bore neither trace nor mark. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
The hopes of the sorrowing father had almost disappeared: only one of the dispatched messengers was not yet come back. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
The palace of Sheen in which she died was destroyed by her sorrowing husband, and immense sums were spent on her funeral. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
No one spoke to the sorrowing Arethusa though, and her mother stroked her hair softly to help her somewhat toward a recovery. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Slowly, surely, it faded, until the little home it had gladdened and made fair was empty and dark, like the hearts left sorrowing. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
Magellan's son was dead, and his wife Beatrix, "grievously sorrowing," had passed away on hearing the news of her husband's tragic end. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
And, we are told, they "returned to Jerusalem with great joy" (S. Luke xxiv. 52), not sorrowing as before at His being taken from them. From Wordnik.com. [The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it?] Reference
Consequently, it is but little encouragement we could give these sorrowing hearts as to any preparations for leaving that poisoned land. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
She could walk with you, reading your heart and soul, sorrowing and rejoicing with you, and make you feel without a word that she did so. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
That tear! how forcibly it tells the tale of his sorrowing soul; how eloquently it foretells the downfall of that injustice holding him in its fierce chains!. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
Terry ate under the sorrowing eyes of the faithful woman, and when he finished he presented her with the only gaud that remained to him, the gold medallion from his fob. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
But the game we are playing is worth the effort -- the battle must be fought -- and it can be fought with the least suffering and sorrowing the earlier the conflict is waged to. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
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