How to Use sadden in a Sentence

sadden

verb

• She was saddened over the death of her friend.
• Her face saddened when she heard the news.
• It saddens me that we could not agree.
• We were saddened to see how ill she looks.
• The team said it was saddened to learn about his death.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2024
• Saddened to hear of the passing of Chester from @linkinpark.
  — Anna Tingley, Billboard, 20 July 2017
• Shocked and sadden by the news of the death of Dame Olivia Newton John.
  — Vulture, 9 Aug. 2022
• But what saddens him the most is the death of his comrades.
  — Aakash Hassan, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
• Shocked and saddened by the sudden death of @chriscornell.
  — Washington Post, 19 May 2017
• Willis said he was deeply saddened by news of their deaths.
  — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
• In the end, the use of America’s bombs deeply saddened him.
  — Thomas Levenson, The Atlantic, 9 June 2017
• We are deeply saddened by the passing of Roger Galatas.
  — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2019
• They are deeply saddened to lose the 27-year-old Ordoñez.
  — Mario Ariza, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Dec. 2019
• We are deeply saddened by the news of Chris March’s passing.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2019
• We are deeply saddened by the loss of our friend Jahseh (@xxxtentacion).
  — Martin Vassolo, Rebecca Ellis and Carli Teproff, miamiherald, 20 June 2018
• Deeply shocked and saddened to learn of Dr. Kissinger's passing at 100.
  — Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
• Among the many fans saddened to hear the news was Khloe Kardashian.
  — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• Among the many fans saddened to hear the news was Khloe Kardashian.
  — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
• We are baffled and so deeply saddened by this turn of events.
  — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 30 July 2024
• This is beyond saddening for me, to see the town this way.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2020
• His death on Monday saddened the fan base, the region and the entire sports world.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2020
• And plenty more were simply shocked and saddened by the news.
  — Maggie Mallon, Glamour, 28 Sep. 2017
• We are deeply saddened to share the news of Gigi’s passing.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• Gregg Allman’s death at 69 shocked and saddened the world of music.
  — Emma Stefansky, Vanities, 28 May 2017
• We are saddened to share that Laurel Griggs passed away this week at the age of 13.
  — Lexy Perez, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2019
• I‘m deeply saddened to learn of Judge George Leighton’s passing.
  — Ese Olumhense, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2018
• All of us at Paramount are deeply saddened by the news of Brad Grey’s passing.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 15 May 2017
• This was a very tough decision to make and I am deeply saddened by this.
  — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 27 Sep. 2017
• Gina Torres is saddened to say goodbye to 9-1-1: Lone Star.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
• Former residents of Kallio were surprised to see the village again, but saddened at its state.
  — Reuters, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024