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Recent Examples of sadden Seeing what that distance from one’s own body and mind did to my mother saddened and angered me. Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025 We are deeply saddened by his passing. Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 We are deeply saddened by this and our hearts go out to all of those affected. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2025 Nessel said that she was shocked and saddened to learn the news, that Woll loved her community and used her faith and activism to create a better place. Christina Hall, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sadden
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Verb
  • As Aerohart explains of its own device, the user simply puts the tinder – char cloth seems to be the most recommended – inside the cavity at the tip of the removable piston rod, reinstalls the piston back into the cylinder, then firmly and rapidly depresses it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Experts say the sales that took place ahead of its expiration will likely depress sales in the months ahead.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Grieving Vince, worrying about Bode, and taking care of her Cal Fire family is a lot to balance.
    Alamin Yohannes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Amawi worried about the risk of refeeding syndrome.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The men are seen as misogynistic, and the women are oppressed.
    Deena ElGenaidi, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • His policies have been instrumental in dismantling the criminal enterprise that oppresses the Venezuelan people.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The island has been troubled by ash falls and lava flows since 1995, when the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted for the first time in hundreds of years.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Patel's social media post about Dugan's arrest, which has been seen by tens of millions of people, also troubled the former federal prosecutors and judges.
    Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nearly 60% of greater Miami renters are cost-burdened, a term for people who spend at least 30% of their monthly income on housing.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The shortages have impacted 911 call response times and have left officers feeling burdened and overworked, often having to sacrifice personal time to cover events and political rallies, Redford has said in previous interviews with The Charlotte Observer.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Sadden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sadden. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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