saddening
Example Sentences
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Gates has assembled a stimulating, illuminating, maddening, saddening, but often inspiring, story of their relations with the world and one another.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
"It’s saddening to hear about all the threats to their jobs," said college senior Nicole Droeger Stephens.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
Archbishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church in London described the murders as "saddening and shocking".
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2024
Mr Rodgers told members of the media on Tuesday he found it "saddening" to be accused of sexism.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024
It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
