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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