as in to depress
to make sad
the arrival of winter always saddens me
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Recent Examples of sadden
District speaks out, fundraiser started In a statement to The Star, the Hickman Mills C-1 School District said they were saddened to hear about an Ingels Elementary School student’s passing.
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Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2025
Do not be saddened by the execution of Rainey Bethea.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Our community is deeply saddened by this heartbreaking loss.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Indianapolis schools saddened by sudden loss The program provided after-school programming, STEM summer camps, mentoring, and other college planning resources to nine school districts across the state when the grant was stopped.
—Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2025
Do not be saddened by the execution of Rainey Bethea.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Our community is deeply saddened by this heartbreaking loss.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Indianapolis schools saddened by sudden loss The program provided after-school programming, STEM summer camps, mentoring, and other college planning resources to nine school districts across the state when the grant was stopped.
—Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sadden
Verb
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Merchants are seeing this wobbly job market help to depress consumer confidence.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
6 Nov. 2025
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This sounds like depressing stuff, and Mothertongue is not extremely upbeat.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Punk music and its spirit clearly worried the Soviet rulers.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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For voters worried about health-insurance coverage or the future of research in the United States, scientists, health-care workers, and public-health experts may have particular appeal right now, Shields told me.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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When, in reality, not that all Jews have money, but the reality is, for 3000 years, white people who were male and female, had money and didn't have money, were being brutally oppressed.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Our systems were built to oppress people of color.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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My message this week is about not letting our hearts be troubled, and Jesus is the way.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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On one of the final days of the semester, Raymundo peered into his Infiniti J30’s engine bay, searching for the issue that had troubled the car.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Such subsidies drive up demand, and therefore costs, while also burdening taxpayers.—
Judge Glock,
Washington Post,
9 Jan. 2026
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Both left office humbled, burdened with lousy poll numbers and facing a well of deep voter discontent.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Sadden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sadden. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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