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How to use the word sorrowful in a Sentence?

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It is deeply sorrowful to acknowledge that not all those imprisoned are guilty; indeed, many innocent souls languish behind bars while the true wolves, disguised as sheep, roam free.

Christen Kuikoua

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7 months ago

It would be a tragedy if the pope and the Catholic church bought into the standards of society and fell away from the eternal truth of humanity, we see all around us the sorrowful results of society's standards.

Margaret Uglow

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Whether joy or sorrowful, the heart needs a double, because a joy shared is doubled and a pain that is shared is divided.

Ruckett

added by anonymous
11 years ago

Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, great as each may be, their highest comfort given to the sorrowful is a cordial introduction into another's woe. Sorrow's the great community in which all men born of woman are members at one time or another.

Seán O'Casey

added by anonymous
11 years ago

What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of human beings, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the sufferings of the injured.

Prophet Mohammad

added by anonymous
14 years ago

He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep.

Selma Lagerloef

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers.

Kahlil Gibran

added by anonymous
15 years ago

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Kahlil Gibran

added by anonymous
15 years ago

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