Sentence examples for were sorrowful from inspiring English sources
adjective
Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
Yes, there were sorrowful things.
Although some of their comments were sorrowful, others were comic.
The stories covered every emotion - some were sorrowful, others funny and hopeful, others hauntingly terrifying – everyone will find something great in this little book.
She became known for singing mornas, traditional Cape Verdean folk songs that were sorrowful, emotion-charged chronicles of the country's long and bitter history of isolation, slave trade, and population loss due to emigration.
Evelyn Toynton, an American who lives in England, recalls the sorrows of her beloved handicapped mother, who showered Toynton and her sister with books and stories about English kings and queens when they were sorrowful children in New York City.
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.
Each was sorrowful, respectful and modest.
The rich man is sorrowful and turns away.
Like most folk literature, landai can be sorrowful or bawdy.
Since then, the news has continued to be sorrowful.
