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Example sentences for "sorrows"

Lexicographically close words:
sorrowes; sorrowful; sorrowfull; sorrowfully; sorrowing; sorry; sors; sort; sorta; sortait
  1. She writes them very gently, very simply, trying to reconcile them by the reminder of like sorrows borne by that first group of disciples to whom she and her friends loved to compare themselves.

  2. Thus did she start upon the Via Dolorosa of the peace-maker; from now on we shall follow her in her letters, as she treads that way of sorrows which was also the way of life.

  3. For herself she felt that she could forget all the sorrows of the past; aye!

  4. I turned to find my pretty room-mate staring at me with a troubled look that for a moment made me forget my own sorrows and anxieties.

  5. When that comes we may hope for such sweet pity as you give me now; but there exist sorrows which must be borne in silence, to which even a violent exit from life is happiness.

  6. It is only sudden or light sorrows that shrink and thrill to outward things.

  7. Disappointed in his hopes of counsel from the governor, the restless man betook himself to his brother divines, and told them his doubts and sorrows with the simple truth so natural to his character.

  8. With so many human beings depending upon her efforts for their advancement in life, she held the sorrows that always lay heavy at her heart in abeyance, and stilled the yearnings of a loving nature by constant self-abnegation.

  9. The softer emotions were allowed no place in her nature; by careful self-discipline, she had enabled herself wholly to disregard the unhappy side of life, to pass without the least twinge of sympathy all human sorrows and pains.

  10. Mrs. Woolstan could not be satisfied with personal culture; her conscience was uneasy about the destinies of mankind; she took to herself the sorrows of the race, and burned with zeal for the great causes of civilisation.

  11. If we sometimes have a different idea of Him, it is because of the closing scenes of His life, after He became a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

  12. Deep human sympathy and the power to enter into the sorrows of others are born of suffering.

  13. Such persons should earnestly strive to share the joys and sorrows of those about them and to make the experiences of others their own.

  14. Moreover, youth has its own disappointments, its own griefs and sorrows to bear, often unguessed by those who are older.

  15. Another thought that may help us to adjust ourselves to the hard things in our lives is that it takes some losses, some disappointments and sorrows to make us appreciate the good things that we have.

  16. But surely, somewhere an account is being kept of their sorrows and their wrongs, and some day will come the reckoning!

  17. The others humbly knelt and prayed and cried out their sorrows before the crucifix.

  18. He was idolized at home, and I have wept at the sorrows of the poor people in his employment, upon the very mention of his death.

  19. I could not find relief without pouring out my sorrows to you.

  20. Sorrows is more plentiful than dinners just now; I reckon, my dinner hour stretches all o'er the day; yo're pretty sure of finding me.

  21. For I believe with regard to our departed loved ones, that When safely landed on that heavenly shore Where sighings cease and sorrows come no more-- With hearts no more by cruel anguish riven, As we have loved on earth we'll love in heaven.

  22. Through mine own grief I know the sorrows I have caused, and from henceforth I'll live in peace with man.

  23. The more you tell me of the sorrows of the Westland Kingdom, the more I am resolved to seek this cruel Ironheart.

  24. There was sadness in it, and pain, and the gray wintry sky brooded of sorrows to come.

  25. No; he is a passionate lover of it, and associates with it the deepest joys and sorrows of life.

  26. How cheering and animating to believe that after the sorrows and turmoils of this life have ceased, we shall enter into rest.

  27. Think of his premature elevation, his dignity, and his blessedness--the sorrows and the conflicts he has escaped.

  28. Some are worthy of the poet-saints of the Middle Ages who breathed their fears, their faith, and their sorrows into lyrics that cannot die.

  29. His life now was very dreary, and his letters show how small are the sorrows of disappointed ambition compared with the blows which death deals to all.

  30. I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness.

  31. He calls him his strength, as being born whilst his father was in his full strength and vigour: he calls him the beginning of his sorrow, because cares and sorrows usually come on with the birth of children.

  32. How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?

  33. Nations rose up, and were angry: sorrows took hold on the inhabitants of Philisthiim.

  34. The morrow and its sorrows will come soon enough.

  35. Pure crystals thus prismatic hues assume, As varying lights and varying tints illume; Men think Thee absent, Thou art ever near; Pitying those sorrows which Thou ne'er canst fear.

  36. She had hidden her sorrows in her heart; nothing had daunted her; no discouragement had cast her down.

  37. They are trying, just as I am, to conceal their sorrows and their crimes from each other.

  38. They stood for a few moments in silence, recalling that bitter past, and then the man of many sins and sorrows said, "Give me thy hand, Pepeeta.

  39. He had risen, and they were confronting each other with their sins and their sorrows between them.

  40. She was mixing with the crowd in her desire to forget her sorrows amid the deafening of the music, the songs, the laughter, and the murmur of the human billows that filled her salons.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sorrows" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.