How to Use sad in a Sentence
sad
adjective- The sad fact of the matter is that they are right.
- He lived a sad life.
- It'll be a sad day when you leave us.
- Have you heard the sad news about his wife's illness?
- People were sad that he was leaving.
- We needed more money but, sad to say, there wasn't any.
- The new version is a sad imitation of the original movie.
- He's feeling sad because his pet died.
- The experience left her sadder but wiser.
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When it's slowed down like that, the lyrics in that song are sad.
— Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020 -
And the sad part of that is, the bad guys aren't giving up their guns.
— Emma Colton, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2024 -
What’s the sad news that drives that fact home again this week.
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 9 June 2022 -
The whole thing has just been very sad for me and just very hard.
— Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022 -
But the emoji that best describes the emotions of the one with the sad face.
— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2024 -
Some of those injuries are part of the game, but just so sad.
— Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 4 Oct. 2022 -
Neon tears Crying in the club doesn't have to look sad.
— Marci Robin, Allure, 3 Oct. 2024 -
Back in the day, the wave was a happy dance for a sad franchise.
— Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 15 June 2017 -
Howard went before the others, but the trail was long and sad.
— Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2022 -
Noah Cyrus is all about sharing the sad times with fans.
— Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 20 Sep. 2018 -
Yet the high point of the evening was far more subtle and somewhat sad.
— Rob Hubbard, Star Tribune, 17 July 2021 -
Prepare for the type of sad that weighs in your soul and sets off silent streams of tears.
— Christine Giordano, Women's Health, 27 Aug. 2023 -
Some of them are wistful love songs and some of them are very sad.
— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2021 -
The sad thing is there will be people who think this is great.
— Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 13 July 2024 -
The sad events in your country have forced you to cross our borders.
— Blane Bachelor, CNN, 2 Mar. 2022 -
Thank you for all the love and everything else, but sad day.
— Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023 -
A lot of people don’t do anything about it and that to me is sad.
— Sarah Wu, Teen Vogue, 20 Aug. 2017 -
What to me is sad is just how many people's views seem to have changed.
— CBS News, 27 July 2021 -
But it’s, uh, sad because this is, this is end of life stuff.
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 July 2022 -
Donald Trump is a mad-as-hell choice, and Kamala Harris is the candidate for the lonely and the sad.
— Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 28 Oct. 2024 -
Because three seasons playing melancholic, sad, depressed, and lost is not fun anymore.
— Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
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