sadness
Example Sentences
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There is a great sadness in this book and also the occasional miraculous story of couples finding each other or of parents discovering a child who survived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
John Pye Auctions said on Tuesday it was with "great sadness" it announced the death of co-founder John Pye at the age of 95.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
A whole-brain analysis revealed different patterns of neural activity for fear compared with anger and sadness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
"I hope to find them in good health," the woman says, unable to hide her sadness.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
But that didn’t mean there was no use in those two people feeling miserable about the sadness and destruction they and their completely-unacceptable-and-breaking-their-word-in-one-hundred-places decisions had brought into the valley and to me.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing sadness
Obama's speech at Connecticut vigil
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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