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  • Sorrel is an empathic young girl who wears her heart on her sleeve - literally - her heart is physically outside of her body.

    REVIEW: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan 2008

  • One common trait of all the victims, besides that they were all married to Sorrel, is that they all share the same belief in the Faith of the Many Joinings, a belief system where beings bond emotionally on a spiritual level.

    REVIEW: Down These Dark Spaceways edited by Mike Resnick 2006

  • One common trait of all the victims, besides that they were all married to Sorrel, is that they all share the same belief in the Faith of the Many Joinings, a belief system where beings bond emotionally on a spiritual level.

    REVIEW: The Year's Best Science Fiction # 23 edited by Gardner Dozois 2006

  • Thence Charles, Tom and I went on to Charley's, Proctor overtaking us -- thence Tom & I went on to old man's where I fed "Sorrel" -- started for home -- met Morris Russel broke down with Carryall in Yock. swamp -- his wife & turkeys & c. in vehicle.

    Diary of Jason Niles (1814-1894) : June 22, 1861-December 31, 1864, 1864

  • _ I do not think myself that either remedy has much effect; but the leaves of the Sorrel, which is a relative of the Dock, _will_ lessen the pain of nettle stings.

    Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke

  • “Now for the illustrious Marthe Surtees aka Wilhelmina Surtees aka Billy Mae Sorrell aka Martha Sorrel aka Sabrina Skull.”

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • “Now for the illustrious Marthe Surtees aka Wilhelmina Surtees aka Billy Mae Sorrell aka Martha Sorrel aka Sabrina Skull.”

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • “Now for the illustrious Marthe Surtees aka Wilhelmina Surtees aka Billy Mae Sorrell aka Martha Sorrel aka Sabrina Skull.”

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • I don't understand why I suspect you're hiding things but I do; unless it's that grudge I heard some men say you had against the 'Sorrel' fellow.

    Dorothy on a Ranch Evelyn Raymond 1876

  • The driver, Paul, saw him too, but scorning to give half the road to such as Sorrel and the square-boxed wagons, he kept steadily on, while Grandpa Markham, determined to speak with Guy, reined his horse a little nearer, raising his hand in token that the negro should stop.

    Aikenside Mary Jane Holmes 1866

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  • Sorrel- A reddish brown (Websters Dictionary, pg. 357)

    September 27, 2010