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Noun
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The prospect filled me with surprising sadness.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026 -
The bittersweet tale infused with humor and sadness chimed with the Cannes audience.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
Noun
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More successful is the overall atmosphere of the workers’ camp and farm, conveying a sense of oppression even without visible fencing.—
Jay Weissberg,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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Because he's lumped this affair into the oppression of the people bucket, and Miss Fauset handles these kinds of things for Papa.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Last words are last words, despite the passage of time, conveying similar messages of sorrow, love, anger, camaraderie, defiance, hope and guilt.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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This attack has resulted in trauma, sorrow and pain for thousands across the city.—
Sarah Hassaine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
Noun
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But to attribute female unhappiness to feminism seems wildly ahistorical.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Even so, prices are rising much more quickly than normal at a time when economic unhappiness has become a fixture of the political landscape.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Where there is excitement and bravado, Neto can also show dejection when the results aren’t going in his favor.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
20 May 2026
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The air of dejection spreads to the boardroom.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Noun
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While the actors are committed, poignant and warm, their upbeat tone doesn’t always blend well with the melancholy of the picture.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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These flashes of melancholy or yearning give the record complexity and depth, as well as stopping it from devolving into wackiness.—
Alastair Shuttleworth,
Pitchfork,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Is rapid weight gain the cause of the patient’s distress?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Developer John Dewberry bought the building out of distress in 2010 for $36 million.—
Savannah Sicurella,
AJC.com,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Valentine’s Day is like a sweet little respite from February dreariness.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Dejectedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dejectedness. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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