as in grieved
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age
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The whole country mourned her loss and grieved for her two young daughters, Ellie and Carrie, who were just 6 and 2 at the time.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026 -
But anyone who has ever grieved knows there will be no closure for these families; there will be only an opening, a void where someone was and now isn’t.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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His death wasn’t only mourned by the fashion community, it was mourned by us all.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
30 Mar. 2026
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That link only strengthened last year, when Salah mourned the death of teammate Diogo Jota alongside millions of Reds fans around the world.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
25 Mar. 2026
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The marathon was less than three days away, and his knee ached.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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The next morning, my joints ached as if I had been struck repeatedly with a bag of wet sand.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Sorrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorrowed. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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