On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Sorrowful. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as anguished or dolorous and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Sorrowful meaning
- exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
- Producing sorrow; causing grief.
Synonyms of Sorrowful
Sorrowful vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Sorrowful
- The main meaning on this page is: exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person) | Producing sorrow; causing grief.
- Useful related words include: anguished, dolorous, heartsick, heartbroken.
- Possible Dutch translations are: verdrietig, droevig, treurig.
- In the example corpus, sorrowful often appears in combinations such as: the sorrowful, sorrowful and, and sorrowful.
Context around Sorrowful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sorrowful
- In this selection, "sorrowful" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, similar, cast, sad, mother, sort and sight stand out and add context to how "sorrowful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a similar sorrowful sight and a sorrowful image of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sorrowful" sits close to words such as aayog, absentees and accruing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sorrowful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It makes me sorrowful for America. (6 words)
A sorrowful sort of pity, one that’s mixed with admiration. (11 words)
Now the season is another sorrowful reminder that her daughter is gone. (12 words)
A sorrowful image of a starving polar bear in the Canadian Arctic and an urban scene of a real-life fox next to a painted comrade in North London completed this year's top five. (35 words)
It may yet reach its peak at some point in the future, in glory, or it may be that it ended — or started to end — in the sultry, sorrowful heat of Madrid. (32 words)
He was a former member of the Sons of the Vevay American Legion Post No. 185 and was a member of the Most Sorrowful Mother of God Catholic Church in Vevay. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
A sorrowful sort of pity, one that’s mixed with admiration.
Immediately after turning off the main road and onto the one leading into the parking lot, I was greeted by a similar sorrowful sight.
In this sorrowful time, we would like to extend to the family of Ng’onamo our heartfelt condolences.
Now the season is another sorrowful reminder that her daughter is gone.
Orpheus presented himself before – the god of the dead in Greek mythology – and his wife Persephone and greatly moved them with a sorrowful tune.
The entire song has a sorrowful tone but Kane also sings very passionately.
However, if paired with Sorrow, a rare glaive obtained in the Druid Grove, players will gain the ability to cast Sorrowful Lash as a Bonus Action every turn.
I read in a WS Merwin collection his translation of Hadrian’s deathbed poem to his soul – – so sorrowful and succinct.
Tarbert AFC did not have good start to the year after returning from the east end of Glasgow with a sorrowful 18-goal loss.
Zoey Stapleton, a postulant with the Franciscan Sisters, T.O.R. of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother, attends Mass in Toronto, Ohio, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.
All of Wilson’s plays hum with the sorrowful beauty of the blues but “Ma Rainey” is soaked through.
He was a former member of the Sons of the Vevay American Legion Post No. 185 and was a member of the Most Sorrowful Mother of God Catholic Church in Vevay.
In this production, Doug Hara takes the role of the sorrowful Tinman who is searching for a heart.
It makes me sorrowful for America.
It takes a village to raise a child, as the saying goes, or, in the case of Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin Catholic School, some help from the neighbors.
Perhaps the protests will systematically end soon in a sorrowful Hungary 1956 scenario.
Anytime we perform well or record a good result, some people are always sad, sorrowful and defeated….
A sorrowful image of a starving polar bear in the Canadian Arctic and an urban scene of a real-life fox next to a painted comrade in North London completed this year's top five.
But Jesus’ ministry is only for those who are sorrowful and mournful.
It may yet reach its peak at some point in the future, in glory, or it may be that it ended — or started to end — in the sultry, sorrowful heat of Madrid.
Common combinations with sorrowful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: