On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Sorrow. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as sadness or unhappiness and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Sorrow in a sentence
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Sorrow meaning
- unhappiness, woe
- (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
Synonyms of Sorrow
Using Sorrow
- The main meaning on this page is: unhappiness, woe | (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
- Useful related words include: sadness, unhappiness, grieve, sorrowfulness.
- In the example corpus, sorrow often appears in combinations such as: of sorrow, and sorrow, sorrow and.
Context around Sorrow
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sorrow
- In this selection, "sorrow" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, contemplative, sunbaked, great, light and powerless stand out and add context to how "sorrow" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about sunbaked sorrow and always felt sorrow when carting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sorrow" sits close to words such as capacities, coping and diner, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sorrow
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I always felt sorrow when carting the tree out to the curb. (12 words)
And then I was overcome by a sorrow that has never quite lifted from my heart. (16 words)
His sorrow was apparently so great that he couldn't even bring himself to attend the funeral. (17 words)
At the end of the story, when the morning is gloomy and the sun hiding its face for sorrow, light and dark have returned to their proper places, the outward darkness reflecting the true, inner darkness of the family feud out of sorrow for the lovers. (46 words)
However, Ebert expressed his sorrow that Revenge of the Fallen’s “human actors are in a witless sitcom part of the time, and lot of the rest of their time is spent running in slo-mo away from explosions,” and refrained from calling out Fox. (45 words)
Instead of framing the fight as Miguel’s great hurdle to self-assurance and maturity, the movie shows how Miguel’s obsession with fighting is misguided, just a distraction from the anxiety and sorrow he feels about moving away from his friends. (42 words)
But in virtue of what should we take five people's pain or sorrow (all else being equal) as worse if no single person experiences that pain or sorrow? (29 words)
Do you think that rage, that hate, that confusion, that frustration, that sorrow, that hopeless you feel within will not leak outside of you and into your community? (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
At the end of the story, when the morning is gloomy and the sun hiding its face for sorrow, light and dark have returned to their proper places, the outward darkness reflecting the true, inner darkness of the family feud out of sorrow for the lovers.
But in virtue of what should we take five people's pain or sorrow (all else being equal) as worse if no single person experiences that pain or sorrow?
A hush descended upon the city at midday, and for sixty seconds, the busy station was held in a state of contemplative sorrow.
And then I was overcome by a sorrow that has never quite lifted from my heart.
As such, this story about a hardened cursed criminal atoning for his crimes in a world of sorrow and bloodshed definitely inspired all modern dark shonen in aspects detached from its setting.
A woman has shared her sorrow after discovering the married man she's sleeping with is now having an affair with another woman other than her and his wife.
Both adaptations in the past stuck to the same major plot points, producing a lifetime of both beauty and sorrow in the span of a few hours.
Bridgers, who is twenty-eight years old with ice-blond hair and a health-goth style, has the most mainstream following of the boygenius members for her grungy elliptical koans about sunbaked sorrow.
Do you think that rage, that hate, that confusion, that frustration, that sorrow, that hopeless you feel within will not leak outside of you and into your community?
For our readers and listeners, it is with great sorrow that we announce the death of our CEO Fawn Annan.
He and his older brother were taken by his uncle who took care of them until 1875 in an “atmosphere of misery and sorrow” which greatly influenced Palamas’ psyche.
He said, “It has been one year of grief, pain and sorrow as some people see me as a ghost and wondering if I am alive.
He said that by the decision, Tinubu on his inauguration day had brought tears and sorrow to millions of Nigerians instead of hope.
His sorrow was apparently so great that he couldn't even bring himself to attend the funeral.
His sudden passing in our midst further deepens the feeling of sorrow and loss among all staff and judges.
However, Ebert expressed his sorrow that Revenge of the Fallen’s “human actors are in a witless sitcom part of the time, and lot of the rest of their time is spent running in slo-mo away from explosions,” and refrained from calling out Fox.
I also remember the 70-something rancher with thousands of acres and millions in the bank who was shrouded in sorrow, powerless to change the hatred in his family.
I always felt sorrow when carting the tree out to the curb.
In recent months, the Royal Family has come under fire for its past ties to slavery with expressing "profound sorrow" for it at a dinner held during his trip to Jamaica.
Instead of framing the fight as Miguel’s great hurdle to self-assurance and maturity, the movie shows how Miguel’s obsession with fighting is misguided, just a distraction from the anxiety and sorrow he feels about moving away from his friends.
Common combinations with sorrow
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of sorrow 37×
- and sorrow 32×
- sorrow and 29×
- sorrow for 16×
- sorrow that 15×
- deep sorrow 13×
- sorrow over 12×
- his sorrow 10×
- the sorrow 9×
- sorrow in 7×