Definition of SADNESS

Examples of sad in a Sentence

Adjective He's feeling sad because his pet died. People were sad that he was leaving. The experience left her sadder but wiser. Have you heard the sad news about his wife's illness? It'll be a sad day when you leave us. a movie with a sad ending He lived a sad life. The sad fact of the matter is that they are right. The new version is a sad imitation of the original movie. We needed more money but, sad to say, there wasn't any.

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Sims’ struggles best illustrate the Horns’ sad performance. — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, "Morgantown meltdown: Texas suffers embarrassing defeat to West Virginia," 20 Jan. 2020 Trump’s sad story is that of weak man who has always relied on his family and his fixers to clear the competition out of his way. — Washington Post, "Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials," 20 Jan. 2020 Our new boudoir was a sad muddy brown color that could best be described as depressing. — NBC News, "How redesigning our master bedroom gave my marriage a boost," 19 Jan. 2020 But Francesca is spared from her torment enough to tell her story in a sad clarinet solo, spun out with breathtaking subtlety by Gregory Raden. — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, "Guest conductor Jader Bignamini pumps up the Dallas Symphony with lots of decibels," 17 Jan. 2020 While some of us are gifted artists with the skill to achieve the perfect winged cat-eye in one stroke, others struggle multiple times before settling on some sad version of it. — Audrey Noble, Allure, "The Sold-Out Kaja Wink Stamp Wing Eyeliner Is Back in Stock," 17 Jan. 2020 It as a sad, searing education on how and why Alabamians of different skin tones and pay grades have come to expect different things from its justice system, and why the very name of that system is itself a lie. — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, "Alabama needs Just Mercy," 17 Jan. 2020 In my life when something sad happens, people usually don’t wallow in sadness. — New York Times, "After ‘Please Like Me,’ Josh Thomas’s New Show Is All Fiction," 16 Jan. 2020 To refresh: The 2006 rom-com follows a Los Angeles woman and a Brit who both want to get away from their sad love lives during Christmas. — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, "You Can Win a Vacation Inspired by the Movie “The Holiday”," 15 Jan. 2020

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