How to Use sad in a Sentence

sad

adjective

• The sad fact of the matter is that they are right.
• He lived a sad life.
• It'll be a sad day when you leave us.
• Have you heard the sad news about his wife's illness?
• People were sad that he was leaving.
• We needed more money but, sad to say, there wasn't any.
• The new version is a sad imitation of the original movie.
• He's feeling sad because his pet died.
• The experience left her sadder but wiser.
• The whole thing has just been very sad for me and just very hard.
  — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022
• What’s the sad news that drives that fact home again this week.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 9 June 2022
• When it's slowed down like that, the lyrics in that song are sad.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020
• And the sad part of that is, the bad guys aren't giving up their guns.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2024
• Yet the high point of the evening was far more subtle and somewhat sad.
  — Rob Hubbard, Star Tribune, 17 July 2021
• Some of those injuries are part of the game, but just so sad.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 4 Oct. 2022
• Back in the day, the wave was a happy dance for a sad franchise.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 15 June 2017
• Some of them are wistful love songs and some of them are very sad.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2021
• Prepare for the type of sad that weighs in your soul and sets off silent streams of tears.
  — Christine Giordano, Women's Health, 27 Aug. 2023
• Howard went before the others, but the trail was long and sad.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2022
• The sad events in your country have forced you to cross our borders.
  — Blane Bachelor, CNN, 2 Mar. 2022
• Noah Cyrus is all about sharing the sad times with fans.
  — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 20 Sep. 2018
• So sad to see a child this young getting her hair dyed.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2019
• Thank you for all the love and everything else, but sad day.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
• My father looked at the children with a deep, sad face.
  — Mary Gaitskill, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• A lot of people don’t do anything about it and that to me is sad.
  — Sarah Wu, Teen Vogue, 20 Aug. 2017
• What to me is sad is just how many people's views seem to have changed.
  — CBS News, 27 July 2021
• And his wife still works here, so a very sad time for our agency.
  — Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 7 June 2020
• But, what about when easy and breezy becomes sad and wet?
  — Teen Vogue, 21 Oct. 2019
• To drive through a town that has lost its industry is sad.
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 13 Apr. 2018
• If true, that would be sad for the youngsters concerned.
  — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024