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The subject and verb are omitted, as they are not strong words, and "Sorrowful" is placed in the most prominent position on account of its importance.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Thereupon the angel went into the chamber where the Queen sat with her son, whom she usually called "Sorrowful," and said to her, "Go out with thy child, thy husband hath come."
Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Jacob Grimm 1824
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She-Ra travels with Sorrowful the Dragon into Mysticor where the Horde is cutting trees and taking names.
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Aided by a Gentle Giant and a Sorrowful Knight, it's up to Igraine to be brave and save the day -- and the books!
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Mary Catherine, otherwise known as Saint Catherine of Siena—in her dreams—claims she is in fact gazing at God, meditating on the Holy Mysteries: the Joyful on Mondays and Saturdays, the Luminous on Thursdays, the Sorrowful on Tuesdays and Fridays, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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In one of his many books, written late in life -- Ighathat al-lahfan, "Aid for the Sorrowful" -- Ibn Qayyim says that the root of Islam is "love for God, intimacy with Him, and yearning to encounter Him."
William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Islam: A Religion Of Love Ph.D. William C. Chittick 2010
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Mary Catherine, otherwise known as Saint Catherine of Siena—in her dreams—claims she is in fact gazing at God, meditating on the Holy Mysteries: the Joyful on Mondays and Saturdays, the Luminous on Thursdays, the Sorrowful on Tuesdays and Fridays, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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In one of his many books, written late in life -- Ighathat al-lahfan, "Aid for the Sorrowful" -- Ibn Qayyim says that the root of Islam is "love for God, intimacy with Him, and yearning to encounter Him."
William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Islam: A Religion Of Love Ph.D. William C. Chittick 2010
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Mary Catherine, otherwise known as Saint Catherine of Siena—in her dreams—claims she is in fact gazing at God, meditating on the Holy Mysteries: the Joyful on Mondays and Saturdays, the Luminous on Thursdays, the Sorrowful on Tuesdays and Fridays, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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Soprano Joanna Wos left home in Poland the previous Thursday night, went by car to France and caught a ferry the next afternoon, arriving 22 hours after she set off, in time to be the soloist in the Symphony No 3, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs", by her fellow Pole, Henryk Górecki, in an LPO concert conducted by Marin Alsop.
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