I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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And the human swell of anger and deep sorrow has been screened directly into our living rooms.
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I know that he can not take away the deep sorrow that seems to circle around me everywhere I go.
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Again he touched his cheek, but this time he felt no anger, merely a deep sorrow .
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Her mind went back to Mac MacFadyen, and she felt a deep sorrow for him.
great
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Behold how I lay down the great weight of sorrow I have carried with me so long.
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I felt great sorrow for Jerome.
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As he looked at Katherine, great sorrow clouded his eyes.
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Thus great sorrows for their children and grandchildren came upon Cadmus and Harmonia in old age after great prosperity.
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He says he regrets with great penitence and sorrow the circumstances that led to the caution.
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It is my great sorrow , and makes my life very unhappy.
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The Capellans bowed their great heads in sorrow and exterminated them.
■ VERB
express
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Mr. Forth I join the hon. Gentleman in expressing our sorrow at that tragic loss.
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Students and faculty told fond stories about Daniels and expressed their sorrow at his untimely death.
feel
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It did not feel unreasonable to her, that she felt no sorrow .
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Curiously, he felt the beginnings of sorrow , which perplexed him, and it required effort to direct his thoughts elsewhere.
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Both of them were aware of Alain's black anger and Marguerite was feeling the sorrow of leaving her own house.
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They intuit what it must be like feeling sorrow so far from home.
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Her mind went back to Mac MacFadyen, and she felt a deep sorrow for him.
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I feel enormous sorrow in my soul.
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I felt great sorrow for Jerome.
share
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Before them stood a crowd of overjoyed neighbours who had shared their sorrow and now could share in their happiness.
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Because you are not a problem to them, they can share their joys and sorrows with you.
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We share in the sorrow of his family and our thoughts are with them.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drown your sorrows
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After his girlfriend left he spent the evening drowning his sorrows in a local bar.
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You can't just sit around day after day drowning your sorrows in whiskey.
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And is there a female alive who has not drowned her sorrows in buttered mashed potatoes?
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Drinking on your own or to drown your sorrows can get out of hand.
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He was a man drowning his sorrows, he'd decided.
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I drowned my sorrows on the school goalposts, as football was banned.
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I knew Mum and Dad would be out until late drowning their sorrows.
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One afternoon we became so depressed that we decided to drown our sorrows in drink.
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Who couldn't drink, drown her sorrows.
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Within the hour the show is cancelled and everyone returns to the hotel to drown their sorrows.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He turned quickly away, more in sorrow than in anger.
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Her life was filled with heartache and sorrow .
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Six weeks later we heard, to our great sorrow , that he had died.
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The deep sorrow she felt was obvious in the expression of her face.
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We shared all of our family's joys and sorrows.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A long, painful journey has led them to this point, one filled with heartache and sorrow .
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And when she awoke, her face was moisture wet, as if she had been weeping for some sorrow all night long.
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Because her only defence was to turn him against her, she realised with a pang of sorrow .
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Before them stood a crowd of overjoyed neighbours who had shared their sorrow and now could share in their happiness.
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Each seemed possessed by a serene sorrow , and in a moment he learned why.
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She tried to drive the thought from her mind, feeling an all-too familiar surge of anger and sorrow .
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Similarly the threat of a loss arouses anxiety and actual loss causes sorrow , while both situations are likely to arouse anger.
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They intuit what it must be like feeling sorrow so far from home.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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She told about a woman in her grief counseling group, who was also sorrowing over the loss of a child.