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sorrows

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sorrows.

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Well, if things don't go well, the Long Now has a terrific bar you can drown your sorrows at!

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sorrows gathered in one view.

noun

A surname.

noun

(uncountable) unhappiness, woe

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sorrows.

noun

A surname.

noun

(uncountable) unhappiness, woe

Example sentences

1

Well, if things don't go well, the Long Now has a terrific bar you can drown your sorrows at!

2

We celebrated by stealing some laptops in the parking lot while other teams drank their sorrows away.

3

For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest.

4

You would think people would tend to drown their economic sorrows in cheap whiskey...

5

Silithus, Un'Goro Crater and Swamp of Sorrows were my favorite places for levelling.

6

Then get down to the Coach & Horses and drink your sorrows away.

7

If you're interested in this kind of behind-an-industry reading I can highly recommend The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work.

8

I've only know a few rich boys who weren't in denial--George Sorrows comes to mind.

9

Around that time, I will be at a bar, either celebrating my team winning Stanley Cup or drinking away my sorrows..

10

Of course if you like fine wine then even if it turns out to be a disaster of an investment you can at least drown your sorrows.

11

I simply hope you avoid the sorrows of burned customers and data loss.

12

You'll have more sorrows after drinking some Beaujolais.

Quote examples

1

The "tap, tap" of rain on a window is Nature's message to Kino: Let life, with all its sweet sorrows, in.

2

I have just finished reading "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work" which I thought was fantastic.

3

Imagine you were considering moving to Florida, but they had recently been ravaged by "The Destructinator of Death" and the "Plague of Extreme Sorrows." It would probably give you more pause than thinking about Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina.

4

Genesis 3:16 also explains it as one of the curses on Adam and Eve: "To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children..."

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sorrows in a sentence?

Well, if things don't go well, the Long Now has a terrific bar you can drown your sorrows at!

What does sorrows mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is sorrows?

sorrows is commonly used as noun.