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The phrase "a certain sorrow" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a specific type of sadness or grief that is not fully defined but is understood in context.
Example: "As she gazed out the window, a certain sorrow washed over her, reminding her of the memories she had left behind."
Alternatives: "a particular sadness" or "a specific grief".
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I heard Native Americans share their pain as if they somehow knew, because of a certain sorrow in his heart coupled with an active and tough mind, that my father would do everything to help.
There is a certain sorrow on my part to see them go".
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SA: I agree with Cheryl that cosmetic surgery has a certain air of Dorian Grayish sorrow about it.
The destruction wrought by Sandy is a real event, and it demands a certain type of response: pity, relief, sorrow, whatever you must, but above all, the extension of the helping hand.
The miser imagines there's a certain sum to fill his heart,But for sorrow there's no remedy.It requires what it cannot hope.We've known each other, earth, a long time.
This is invariably said more in sorrow than in anger, and with a certain judiciousness, as if Lazar were the final arbiter in the matter.
I have cried the hardest when I have been ambushed by an old sorrow, when a piece of music or a certain smell unexpectedly caused me to swoon.
But he was also the made poet, schooled by deep learning in his art, marked by personal and historical sorrows, and by a soothsayer's awareness that facing a destiny was bound to involve a certain ordeal.
— a certain pleasure.
A certain lady.
"To a certain point.
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