('chiefly Brit') He spoke 'more in sorrow than in anger'. [=because of sadness or disappointment rather than anger]
He went to the bar to 'drown his sorrows'. [=to forget about the things that were making him sad by getting drunk]
a 'sorrowing' mother, grieving over the death of her son
(..) subsequently withdrew the complaint." John? John, let me in! You alone? Of course I am. Who would I be with? "When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions." - I beg your pardon? - Who sent you? - Nobody sent me. (..)2014 TvShow: The Knick Title: The Golden Lotus Season: 1 Episode 9