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Noun
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His profound sadness and rage give the audience permission to feel similarly.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
15 June 2026 -
The Spurs accrued a 10-point lead at that point, blitzing the Knicks with the type of pressure expected from a team that was a loss away from an offseason filled with sadness.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
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His characters lived through all kinds of oppression—slavery, lynching, poverty, police violence, drug addiction—but came out the other side wiser and stronger for the trauma.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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And that particular oppression also made the promise of a black woman president something more than another item on a checklist of firsts or the humoring of a particular interest group.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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But the book’s ruminative watchfulness is unsuccessfully conjugated in this overly sedate play with music, which has the feel of a song cycle, though sung by the fine cast with gorgeous, lonely sorrow.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
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At times the longing feels sweet and the search like a little sorrow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 June 2026
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From this follow both the political dimension and a certain form of ignorance as to the source of so much unhappiness—and not only on the family front.—
Nina Mesfin,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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Her disagreeableness may stem from unhappiness with the way her life has turned out.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
7 June 2026
Noun
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But Floyd carries himself with a certain dejection, and the belly helped.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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The dejection briefly abated when people standing along the metal doors of the theater heard muffled cheers when the taping began, bringing a few smiles to the gathering.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
21 May 2026
Noun
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Beneath all the sensuality and beauty, there’s also a lingering melancholy that feels very familiar to me.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
16 June 2026
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Early Years Eichenberg recounted his childhood with some melancholy.—
Jessica George,
JSTOR Daily,
27 May 2026
Noun
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The situation has caused significant distress for those visiting medical offices within the building, particularly the elderly and those with limited mobility.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Lorraine Freedle, PhD, a sandplay therapist, educator, clinical psychologist and social worker and pediatric neuropsychologist in Hawaiʻi and New Mexico, says sandplay can support a range of mental health problems like anxiety, depression, or traumatic distress.—
Hannah Silverman,
Parents,
17 June 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 21 Jun. 2026.
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