saddening
Example Sentences
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As infuriating and saddening as this crime is, it is not a remark on all immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
"It’s saddening to hear about all the threats to their jobs," said college senior Nicole Droeger Stephens.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
Nick Merriman, chief executive of English Heritage, said the vandalism was "deeply saddening".
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024
"It is deeply saddening that Irish Traveller people have become so used to hate and prejudice," said Mr McDonagh.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024
It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
