- present tense form of sadden (3rd person singular).
saddens
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"It saddens me every time I walk down Deansgate in the morning and I see the homeless," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
"As a mother myself, I feel like we already have to deal with a lot. We don't have the mental health support that we should have. It just baffles and really saddens me," she added.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
“It saddens me to see how much celebration there’s been—especially on a campus that advertises itself as a place where you should feel safe to be you.”
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025
“And I know that this action broke trust with many members of my community, and of course that really saddens me, and I feel very determined to continue to try to build that trust.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
Even though he had not been in touch since Mauve had left him angrily in the dunes—“You have a vicious character,” Mauve had said to him—his death saddens Vincent greatly.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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