And her sorriness held her heart warm, in the glow of giving comfort.

I feel a stab of sorriness, but there is no chance to say more.

It's in the relation between the sorriness and the wonderful that 8½ casts its spell.

But she did not tell them of the sorriness of her situation: it might have brought reproach upon him.

Maybe just first-degree sorriness.

"What is the story of the merchant," asked the king, "and how was his luck changed upon him by the sorriness of his fortune?"