sorriness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorriness
Noun
  • And then, to forever live on earth, in a place with conflict and pain and sorrow, that’s not her goal.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025
  • In churches like this, where belief is expressed in multiple languages, the loss of a pope is a death in the family, and the sorrow, like the faith, runs deep.
    Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Physically active grief travel Grief inevitably brings up a swirl of thoughts and emotions.
    Leslie Hsu Oh, Vogue, 1 May 2025
  • Grief expert and author David Kessler says that grief must be witnessed, and The Dinner Party premise is about witnessing grief by bringing grievers together in community.
    Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But Season 2, by leaning so far into its characters’ anguish, has become more circular and suffocating in its storytelling.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Coogler attempts to out-scare Jordan Peele’s Get Out, using horror tropes to match the anguish expressed by the blues.
    Armond White, National Review, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Sorriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorriness. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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