sad
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After concluding it was most likely a homicide, Oliver said it was a "very sad and singular case".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Given the spatial finesse of the lobby below, it is sad to find the utilitarian treatment of a box store or trade show above the museum’s most important objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
McDonald told Newsnight he was "sad that they've gone" but insisted those experts still believed "Lucy Letby is innocent".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Playing Carol Sturka, a sad woman forced to save the world from happiness and hive mind, Seehorn had the role of a lifetime and ran with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
They would look at him with their soft brown eyes and nuzzle his hand when he was sad, as if they knew his troubles.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Navarrete kept calm even as the stories she heard grew sadder and sadder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
"We were able to find the body; some people couldn't. And that seems even sadder to me," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
"They'd really smashed it live the year before... And then of course it became legendary for various rather sadder reasons."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
He’s a symptom of something older, sadder and far less widespread than the headlines suggest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Ty'ree had left up the flowered curtains Mama'd bought downtown, and for some reason this was sadder than anything to me.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
Also read: Running out of money is not the saddest retirement mistake you can make.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Anton Du Beke, who was her partner on Strictly Come Dancing in 2010, said he was devastated by her death, which he called the "saddest of news".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Today was the saddest day since I’ve been here because, as a foreigner in this land, I expected what I knew about the U.S.,” he said during a virtual press conference that morning.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
In a story about a potential tragedy, what’s saddest is that Winocour’s film cannot match its lead’s effortless command.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Theirs had been the most subdued table before he had gotten to his feet, and theirs were still the saddest and palest faces in the Hall.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
