sadly

Example Sentences

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Derbyshire Police said so-called courier fraud incidents were "sadly not unusual" and could target anyone of any age.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Mr. Lane’s sadly sloping eyebrows, his hunched gait—as if awaiting another blow from a brutal universe—are physical expressions of a man who is doomed to defeat as soon as we see him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

In November, we had the first version of the current guideline, against writing new articles with LLMs, which sadly didn’t apply to existing articles, where most of the abuse was.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

The key action here involved saving your grandmother from being effectively imprisoned in her own home, which is sadly no longer an option now that she has died.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Rosa’s family lived next door to Tariq and Eloisa, whose purple house leaned sadly but proudly to the right.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro