sorrow

On previous occasions, the King has used strong language, such as talking about his "greatest sorrow and regret" at the "abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence" of the colonial era on a visit to Kenya.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Expressing "sorrow and regret for the pain and suffering of so many millions" resulting from the trade and its links to the present day, he insisted reparations were not "the right answer".

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

King Charles III is to speak with "unflinching honesty" and "sincere sorrow" on the lasting pain of the transatlantic slave trade, during the final leg of his Caribbean tour in Antigua, Buckingham Palace has said.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

“In times of sorrow, we are reminded that suffering knows no borders — and neither should compassion.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Some have seen sorrow; but there are fair days yet in store.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

There’ll be lots of champagne on ice around the U.S. for victory parties or drowning of sorrows Tuesday night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

They have sorrows of their own — a wife and mother recently lost to cancer — and have decided to start fresh in the town where she and Tom grew up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Our existence is the result of our ancestors’ survival and ability to imagine a future worth enduring the present’s sorrows.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

In post-post-war American culture, suburbs and small towns are more often than not a stage for secrets, sorrows, scandals and satire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026

In fact, the only thing that appeared three-dimensional about Boori Ma was her voice: brittle with sorrows, as tart as curds, and shrill enough to grate meat from a coconut.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

And I sorrowed for my father’s harm as though I had been smitten myself; so sorrowed I for his unhappy old age.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019

“We are incredibly sorrowed at the loss of Officer Galvez and our thoughts and prayers are with all who knew and loved him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2015

You’ve clucked, sorrowed and sighed at “The Pride”: plus ça change, plus c’est la même self-esteem issue.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2010

We sorrowed with you, we wrote letters to you, we boasted about you.

From Time Magazine Archive

They sorrowed in their dreaming and they sorrowed in their waking up.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

The challenge for the author is to write a pulse-pounding thriller without sorrowing over this injustice too much.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023

“We mend, but we don’t forget,” she offers by way of comfort to the sorrowing nobleman.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022

Though sprinkled with reminders of Lynch and Cronenberg and others, Tippett’s defiantly adult vision has a freakish originality and a sorrowing tone that’s oddly touching.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022

Any information will be gladly received by their sorrowing mother, Catherine Mason, at 1818 Hancock St., between Master and Thompson, Phila.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2015

Nathan came and knelt beside him with harsh sorrowing face and bitter eyes.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya