Sentence examples for be sorrowful from inspiring English sources
adjective
Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
Like most folk literature, landai can be sorrowful or bawdy.
Since then, the news has continued to be sorrowful.
"We all thought the former minister had fallen overboard, and his fate would be sorrowful.
These accounts of unsettled lives can be sorrowful, but they are also often funny.
"The day I quit, I'm sure I'll not be sorrowful, but instead I'll be starting the rest of my life," she said.
His plangent "und fing an zu trauen" ("and He began to be sorrowful"), floating "Ich will bei meinum Jesu wachen" ("I would beside my Lord be watching") and meaningful "Aber Jesus schwieg stille"("But Jesus held his peace") were profoundly moving.
In the scene the great painter Timanthes painted of Iphigenia's departure, Calchas was sorrowful, Odysseus was more sorrowful, and Menelaos was overcome with sorrow, all of which Timanthes portrayed with stunning accuracy.
Yes, there were sorrowful things.
Each was sorrowful, respectful and modest.
The rich man is sorrowful and turns away.
