But, of course, I am sorrier than I can say that it's so dull.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
Jack, I'm a shy man, and I'm often sorry for it, but I was never sorrier than I was then, for I'd have given anything to have been able to speak to her and hear her speak.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
3, 1942 Dear Margaret: I was sorry to hear you hadn't made the grade and didn't get what you want, but I would have been much sorrier if you hadn't tried.
"Epistles-from-Pap-Letters-from-the-man-known-as-The-Will-Rogers-of-Indiana"
Durham, Andrew Everett