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By building special assembly barracks in many prison camps, the Young Men's Christian Associations have created real havens for sorrow-stricken inmates of these camps, giving them the opportunity to hold classes, pursue handicrafts of a high order, and to generally organize in a manner most useful to overcome the depressing influence of camp life.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Amidst the grief and rage that followed, Belgium found it fitting to nominate one sorrow-stricken doctor and father of three lovely daughters from Gaza for the Nobel Prize, in recognition of his efforts to promote peace between Palestinians and Israelis.

Non Violence in Palestine: An Analysis 2009

While his sorrow-stricken mother was bewailing his loss, and the rest of us were lamenting with her, the witches suddenly commenced to screech so loud that you would have thought a hare was being run down by the hounds!

Satyricon 2007

Barnet said little, but finding that some guiding hand was necessary in the sorrow-stricken household, took upon him to supervise and manage till Downe should be in a state of mind to do so for himself.

Wessex Tales 2006

His strong able-bodied cockswain did good service in cheerfully carrying his much-loved Commander, and they managed to return to the boat, and brought the two bereaved and sorrow-stricken ladies back to the “Pioneer.”

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

But the frown of this pale, weak, sinful, and sorrow-stricken man was what Hester could not bear, and live!

The Scarlet Letter 2002

The reply of the daughters of Jerusalem shows very clearly that the sorrow-stricken bride, wandering in the dark, is not recognized as the bride of the KING, though her personal beauty does not escape notice.

Union and Communion 1832-1905 2000

For a time the sorrow-stricken families wept silently; then Mendel advised the Kiersons to return to their home at once.

Rabbi and Priest A Story Milton Goldsmith

Ephraim cried, in a sorrow-stricken voice, "why don't you come here?"

Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 2 Various

Her parents emigrated from England to this country in 1742, and settled in the unfortunate vale of Wyoming, where date her first remembrances, which were all the woes that fell upon her family, the wail of the sorrow-stricken and breaking of heart-strings.

Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians Elias Johnson