saddened
Example Sentences
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"We are desperately saddened to hear this tragic news," Cambridge University's top administrator, Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice, said in a brief statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“We are desperately saddened to hear this tragic news,” said Cambridge University Vice Chancellor Deborah Prentice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A National Trust spokesperson said: "We have been left shocked and deeply saddened by the death of a visitor who was seriously injured while walking at Felbrigg last month."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Montana MacLachlan, an Amazon spokesperson, said the company was “deeply saddened by the passing of one of our Amazon colleagues.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
I understood that he would have liked me to have been saddened some by what he had told me.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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