Definition of Dolor

mental sorrow or distress

Examples of Dolor in a sentence

Awakening to the sounds of his mother’s dolor, the little boy wondered why she was so distressed.  🔊

Showing no sign of dolor, all of the widow’s family was shocked at how well she was taking her husband’s death.  🔊

The dolor the man felt after his son’s passing was so much more than sorrow.  🔊

Surprised by the dolor that filled his heart with his dog’s death, the man tried to shift all of his focus to work.  🔊

The holocaust museum does not recommend young children visit the exhibits because of the dolor that many visitor’s experience when seeing the extremely sad photographs.  🔊

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