sadness
Example Sentences
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Of all the things I saw in Ukraine, the most painful was the sadness in the eyes of Ukrainians who love America.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
In a letter sent to party leader Jon Burrows on Sunday, Beattie said it was with "genuine sadness" that he was tendering his resignation with immediate effect.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Their reconciliation seems to owe to their sadness about the state of the world—discontents such as the artificial-intelligence revolution and the Gaza war trouble the background—and their nostalgia for the shared fancies of childhood.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
A: It fills me with great sadness to think that I've lost my home, a place I loved deeply because I felt like a guardian of the landscape.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The fury that used to drive him seems to have turned into the saddest sadness.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Vocabulary lists containing sadness
Obama's speech at Connecticut vigil
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