Read full poem →"Rest you so from trouble sore,
Fear the heat o' the sun no more,
Dictionary Entry
An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
In a Sentence
“They put ointment and a bandage on the sore.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
throat sore. sorethroats soreeyes sorepoint sorespot sore
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Poetry examples for “sore”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Homely comforters I had:
The earth, because my heart was sore,
Sorrowed for the son she bore;
Read full poem →But, as he glozeth with speeches soote,
The ducke sore tickleth his erse roote:
Fore-piece and buttons all to-brest,
Read full poem →With saucer eyes of fire,
In woeful wise did sore affright
A wit and courtly squire.
Read full poem →36. strait, hard and close; cf. “in sore straits.”
Read full poem →The burden of bought kisses. This is sore,
A burden without fruit in childbearing;
Read full poem →Keen after heat is the cold,
Sore after summer is rain,
And melteth man to the bone.
Read full poem →She shall not hear us if we sing hereof,
Nor see love's ways, how sore they are and steep.
Come hence, let be, lie still; it is enough.
Read full poem →The fool was angry, the fool was sore,
And he cursed the folly of monks and maids.
Read full poem →Oft times in grass, on trees, in flight,
Sore accidents on you may light.
O to your safety have an eye,