sorriness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorriness
Noun
  • To date, the Facebook post about her story has garnered more than 19,000 reactions, sparking a wave of sorrow and outrage from animal lovers across the country.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • Prefaced by a host of personal disasters—the death of her mother’s onetime partner Mary Norcross, her own hospitalization for digestive problems, her mother’s painful shingles and neuralgia—the decade of the 1940s brought sorrow.
    Susan Gubar June 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Our expectations are different, and then the grief can be a lot more, and the anger can be a lot more.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the series is described as an ensemble drama with comedy and heart about sisterhood, nature vs nurture, complicated family dynamics, and grief.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Among the thousands left in anguish is Sasha Escalante, a 44-year-old Venezuelan radio producer living in Miami.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
  • Criminalizing them can lead to extended mental anguish.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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“Sorriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorriness. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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