sad

Example Sentences

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“It’s very sad he had to die all alone like that,” the neighbor said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Rooney is United's all-time leading scorer and said the decline of Rashford's Old Trafford career was sad.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

I would be sad if it sounded like techno, but I’d get used to it.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Part-sculpted work and marble block, each has a tragic aspect to it, recalling John Greenleaf Whittier’s forlorn observation: “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

He took a final glance around the spacious, very clean, very secure burrow with a sad and heavy heart.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el