sad
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The duo told Rolling Stone on Tuesday that they were sad about the turn of events with Crockett but confirmed that their swanky Satan-loving doo-wop isn’t a sham.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
"I am very sad at all the reports that I am hearing. I am really confused by it all."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Because since then, I’ve found myself thinking about all the other frozen things that can elicit the same feeling: not resignation, not emergency, not the sad little archaeology of dinners past, but anticipation.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Webb commented on Loder’s video soon thereafter: “You know what’s sad is they allow people like you in the locker room.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
"I'm afraid he doesn't have a pet," Mrs. Krupnik said to the librarian in a sad voice.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
And even sadder to see globalization tossed aside like last year’s toy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Nothing is sadder than to watch people stroll past that memorial as if nothing is out of the ordinary, our civic pride and historical perspective crushed under the weight of indifference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026
But it became a much stranger, sadder story which almost a decade later is told onscreen in The Artist Who Disappeared.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
First, I’ve never been sadder to agree with you.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2024
I do as Izzie asks, but it makes me even sadder to think I am now a ghost, an absent girl, nothing but a brown bag with a name on it.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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
Anton Du Beke, Widdecombe's dance partner on Strictly, said her death was the "saddest of news".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
It’s the first ingredient in what I believe is television’s saddest picnic — and one of its most beautiful meals.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
“I’ve been going back and forth on what the saddest song on the record is, but I think this one might be it,” Rodrigo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 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
