can the word "at" be omitted here?
Carolyn's eyes was filled with sorrow at thinking of how she had treated Kevin and lost him forever.
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"Carolyn's eyes were filled with sorrow at the thought of how she had treated Kevin and lost him forever."
[Note "were" not "was"]
"... at the thought of...." is a standard expression. "at thinking" is not natural here.
As you are using literary language, another option would be to replace the "at" with a comma and thereby create an adverbial phrase which starts with "thinking".
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Carolyn's eyes was filled with sorrow while thinking of how she had treated Kevin and lost him forever.
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