sadness
Example Sentences
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Arte, please, listen to your customers, heed your record, recognize the inherent sadness of a 79-year-old man being chased out of his own home.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 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
What I need right now isn't sympathy or sadness.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Mr. Ferrer’s definitive statement on her life captures both her strength and her sadness: “She never stopped trying on every level to please, to be happy, and to be loved.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Instantly, the sadness and embarrassment welcomed guilt to the party.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing sadness
Obama's speech at Connecticut vigil
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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