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Meanings of sorrowing in English

Sorrowful through loss or deprivation.

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Usage of sorrowing in English
1
Again the sorrowing mother looks inquiringly up; Cypriano, in turn, becoming listener.
Gaspar the Gaucho: A Story of the Gran Chaco
2
When the sorrowing cortege reached Pallanteum, the whole city was in mourning.
Story of Aeneas
3
He remained in England, and was joined there by the sorrowing family.
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1853-1866)
4
The parting between the hero and his sorrowing wife was very affecting.
The Story of Troy
5
Soon as she saw her sorrowing sire in front of the altar
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
6
Speaking thus the damsel departed from the court, sorrowing as she went.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5
7
There was nothing of the sorrowing father about his frame of mind.
Mike
8
That child was already sorrowing and crying enough over the rag doll.
Falk: A Reminiscence
9
And while they were sorrowing the outer crowd would be making merry.
Quiet Talks on John's Gospel
10
Now tell me thy sorrowing tale, to me so wrapt in mystery.
The Vale of Cedars; Or, The Martyr
11
Mr. Wentworth might look upset, but he was not sorrowing about Brian.
Witch Week
12
Vainly my pencil struggles to express The sorrowing grandeur of such holiness.
Leonardo Da Vinci
13
The sorrowing family gathered to observe this extraordinary case of heart failure.
The Killer
14
But the sorrowing mother thought that perhaps a miracle might be wrought.
Bible Stories and Religious Classics
15
The sorrowing wife took scarcely any nourishment, and could no longer sleep.
An Iceland Fisherman
16
There will be violence and murder now, and sorrowing widows and orphans.
The Iron Heel
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