sad
Example Sentences
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In the late 1960s, the Texas restaurant magnate J. David Bamberger went shopping for the saddest, sorriest-looking piece of real estate he could find in the Texas Hill Country.
She sounded not so much mad as sad.
From Literature
I wasn’t sure what was happening, but I trusted Ma despite the sad, lost air she had about her.
From Literature
Against that background, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry called the agents’ involvement “distracting” and “sad.”
From Los Angeles Times
"It's very sad, because we are proud of Behzad in Herat," said one resident, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
