How to Use sorrow in a Sentence

sorrow

1 of 2 noun

• I felt sorrow at the death of my friend.
• She had a secret sorrow.
• And then my cries turned to anger and anger turned to deep sorrow.
  — Elise Hammond, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023
• But the journey to get there was a long one, full of twists and turns, sorrows and joys.
  — Chika Oduah, Essence, 16 Nov. 2023
• Crying at the start of the new year has been said to set the tone for a year full of sadness and sorrow.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 31 Dec. 2022
• That honesty is heard in so many of his songs in joy and sorrow.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 19 Dec. 2022
• The attack left a colossal crater and cast a cloud of deep sorrow over the village.
  — Diego Ibarra Sánchez, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
• Now, all that’s left is a gray hazmat zone filled with the sorrow of what has been lost.
  — Jacqueline Yoo, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• El Jeffrey, a merengue song about heartbreak to dance the sorrows away.
  — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2023
• Sadness and sorrow can be heard throughout the 25-minute piece.
  — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2022
• Said squad-mate will cry out in terror and sorrow as their friend falls.
  — WIRED, 18 Oct. 2022
• But then, in the season finale, Izzy’s felled by a bullet, to the sorrow of his crew and the outrage of some fans.
  — Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• And besides, our lives of nonstop pain and sorrow ain’t so bad!
  — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• Do this and do not let sorrow die for it is the sweetening of every gift.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023
• The sorrow and beauty in it seemed too sharp to have come from a grief that wasn’t personal.
  — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• Just a cloud of sorrow that take[s] everybody down with you.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• But for Kim, the feeling of triumph was tinged with sorrow on Sunday and the days that followed.
  — David Nakamura, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• Granted, the time spent in sorrow over his bad fate is varnished over with tons of humor.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• Showing me that highs follow lows, that sorrow and joy can go hand in hand.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 19 Feb. 2023
• The wooden booths inside provide a sort of quasi-fortress around your sorrows.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 16 June 2023
• There’s an overwhelming sorrow at the center of this thing.
  — Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
• Even in the midst of the sorrow and the heaviness each of them has a sense of humor and is infected with the magic of Ireland.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• There’s sorrow, there’s joy, there’s despair, there’s hope.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
• To me, the sorrow would come from knowing my parent couldn’t share with me their fear and suffering.
  — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• But not all stories, even those marred by sorrow, must end in misery.
  — Allison Cho, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
• Their remarks ranged from sorrow to outrage, shouts to tears.
  — Jennifer Peltz, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2023
• Or will the show gently spare us as much sorrow as possible?
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
• He’s not just overcome with sadness but sick with sorrow.
  — Vulture, 29 Dec. 2022
• Hearing the sorrow in his mother’s voice and seeing her wipe away tears, 6-year-old Mason got up from the floor and gave her a hug.
  — John Johnston, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2022
• Through seasons of celebration and sorrow, prayers were offered up.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2024

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sorrow

2 of 2 verb

• Ashton Kutcher isn’t the type to drown his breakup sorrows with a carton of ice cream and a box of tissues.
  — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• A skull, a crucifix and the suggestion of a sorrowing Rubenesque nude press in on a naked man (possibly the artist) who may be leaving them behind.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2017
• Playful and poignant in equal measure, Wheaton’s compositions are profoundly moving, evoking both loss and resilience — the sorrowing look back, and the hopeful look forward.
  — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• Quickly, filmmakers, fans, and former employees took to Twitter to publicly mourn the loss, with reactions ranging from stand-alone expletives to sorrow to denial — and also some priceless remembrances.
  — Max Cea, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2021
• In some places, lynchings were accompanied by mob destruction of black business districts, adding economic devastation to sorrow.
  — Vanessa Gregory, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2018
• Wilkerson took a broad, undifferentiated view of addiction—any vice, or even sorrow, constituted grounds for admission.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
• Combining formal audacity with emotional intimacy and sharp social observation, the picture attains a fullness of humorous, sorrowing life.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
• Ashton Kutcher isn’t the type to drown his breakup sorrows with a carton of ice cream and a box of tissues.
  — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• A skull, a crucifix and the suggestion of a sorrowing Rubenesque nude press in on a naked man (possibly the artist) who may be leaving them behind.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2017
• Playful and poignant in equal measure, Wheaton’s compositions are profoundly moving, evoking both loss and resilience — the sorrowing look back, and the hopeful look forward.
  — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• Quickly, filmmakers, fans, and former employees took to Twitter to publicly mourn the loss, with reactions ranging from stand-alone expletives to sorrow to denial — and also some priceless remembrances.
  — Max Cea, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2021
• In some places, lynchings were accompanied by mob destruction of black business districts, adding economic devastation to sorrow.
  — Vanessa Gregory, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2018
• Wilkerson took a broad, undifferentiated view of addiction—any vice, or even sorrow, constituted grounds for admission.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
• Combining formal audacity with emotional intimacy and sharp social observation, the picture attains a fullness of humorous, sorrowing life.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024