Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "treurend" is die daad of toestand van groot hartseer of hartseer, tipies in reaksie op 'n verlies of ongelukkige gebeurtenis. Dit kan ook verwys na die uitdrukking of manifestasie van sulke gevoelens.
In this manner, the head of Munro again drooping on his bosom, with Heyward and David following in sorrowing silence, and attended by the aide of Montcalm with his guard, all the white men, with the exception of Hawkeye, passed from before the eyes of the Delawares, and were buried in the vast forests of that region.
This tomb was erected by his sorrowing mother to her dearly beloved son.
