Wondering how to use Sorrowful in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as bitter or mourning.
Sorrowful in a sentence
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Sorrowful meaning
- exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)
- Producing sorrow; causing grief.
Synonyms of Sorrowful
Sorrowful in Dutch
Example sentences (20)
I read in a WS Merwin collection his translation of Hadrian’s deathbed poem to his soul – – so sorrowful and succinct.
Tristan, overjoyed, asks if her ship is in sight, but only a sorrowful tune from the shepherd's pipe is heard.
Tarbert AFC did not have good start to the year after returning from the east end of Glasgow with a sorrowful 18-goal loss.
He turned on his camera, hung a flag around his shoulders and delivered an impassioned, sorrowful and inspiring sermon to it.
Anytime we perform well or record a good result, some people are always sad, sorrowful and defeated….
In this sorrowful time, we would like to extend to the family of Ng’onamo our heartfelt condolences.
All of Wilson’s plays hum with the sorrowful beauty of the blues but “Ma Rainey” is soaked through.
In this production, Doug Hara takes the role of the sorrowful Tinman who is searching for a heart.
Behold! on this side will be the sorrowful and poor, on that, the rich; on this side, the enemies of the Lord, on that, his friends.
Oil on panel The last eventful and sorrowful period of his life began with controversies over the Interims and the Adiaphora (1547).
Immediately after turning off the main road and onto the one leading into the parking lot, I was greeted by a similar sorrowful sight.
Recent fan favorites like “Safari” and “X” elicited hysteria, and even sorrowful songs like “Ay Vamos” were met with enthusiastic dancing.
In fact Binoche has nicknamed her characters from this period as her "sorrowful sisters".
Perhaps the protests will systematically end soon in a sorrowful Hungary 1956 scenario.
The film Little Miss Marker (and its two remakes, Sorrowful Jones and the 1980 Little Miss Marker ) grew from his short story of the same name.
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 poem could have provided Coleridge with the idea of a dream poem that discusses fountains, sacredness, and even a woman singing a sorrowful song.
The music is generally sorrowful and typically deals with a love-stricken women.
Stop blaming anyone for your loss and find comfort in knowing that Jesus Christ has seen your tears and has a word for you in that sorrowful situation.
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.
Common combinations with sorrowful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sorrowful 10×
- sorrowful and 9×
- and sorrowful 3×
- this sorrowful 2×
- another sorrowful 2×
- with sorrowful 2×
- sorrowful tune 2×
- sorrowful mother 2×
- her sorrowful 2×
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