sad face
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Under the calculations, drawn in a different marker color, is a clear sad face -- a visual sign of failure.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2025
So she can’t let them see a sad face.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
"It makes me sad because I will miss this house, miss my family, miss my friends, everything." says Pyper as she doodles a sad face on a piece of paper.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2023
Gudetama is a genderless, cartoon egg with a sad face and a shiny yellow butt; a burnout, a slacker, a malingerer, crushed under the weight of their own melancholy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
I told Mom I wanted to call Augustus to get her out of the room, because I couldn’t handle her I-can’t-make-my- daughter’s-dreams-come-true sad face.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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