How to Use sadly in a Sentence

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• The two weren't able to patch things up by the reunion's end, sadly.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
• But sadly, the curfew rules stole the spotlight in the end.
  — Tom Coulter, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
• Three fires burned in the foothills, and sadly, a life was lost, and homes were destroyed.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2024
• The duo lost six weeks in, sadly dancing their last dance on the April 12th episode.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2024
• But soon, fans will sadly have to say goodbye to the Olivia-Rollins duo.
  — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 7 Oct. 2022
• The third, fourth and fifth weeks, sadly, in the past, have been for doing nothing.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 19 Feb. 2023
• But sadly, there’s no room on the record for your opinion.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2023
• And there is some truth to that, sadly, for my [older] kids.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023
• But fans have been shocked to learn that dancing, sadly, is not one if them.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 July 2024
• After three years of dating on and off, the pair sadly broke up for good in March 2020.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 9 Mar. 2023
• Our runs together in the park have sadly come to an end.
  — Marie Myung-Ok Lee, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• He's had over 30 brain surgeries and sadly been in and out of the hospital most of his life.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
• That’s almost like a 50-minute episode, so sadly they got cut.
  — Cameron K McEwan, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024
• And, sadly, that is more common than any of us would like to believe.
  — Todd Nordstrom, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• Then this busybody guy stepped forward out of nowhere and shook his head sadly at the large dent on the side of my car.
  — Kerry Slattery, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• Those albums will sadly not see the light of day anytime soon.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2022
• Ready to replace that four-wheeler that’s now sadly down to three?
  — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2023
• The ghost with the most is back and ruling the metroplex, but sadly for all of us children of the ‘80s, His Beetleness has lost a lot of his juice.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
• Murphy, the lead singer for Zero and a soulful cat who, sadly, died a few years back.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2023
• The world sadly has not been the same since Prince died from an accidental overdose in April of 2016.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
• And, sadly, Mr. Ramaswamy is not alone in lacking the compass.
  — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
• My sons have never gained much weight, but sadly my daughter shares my love of all things sweet.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• Missing Black women are rarely front-page news; sadly, many of us don’t even know their names.
  — Natalie Wilson, Essence, 2 Sep. 2023
• And, sadly, most music writing is dreck — not here at SPIN!
  — An Unnamed Spin Editor, SPIN, 14 Mar. 2023
• Israel’s failure to do so has led to thousands of deaths—and sadly promises many more to come.
  — TIME, 17 Oct. 2023
• Those traits are sadly par for the course for most national politicians.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
• Your friend may sadly have not found this stability and care with a spouse.
  — Shon Faye, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
• So sadly, Laney and I were just getting more and more in that island of isolation.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 21 May 2024
• Those wives, whether alone or in groups, always seem to be sadly gazing at Louis from a distance, like Grizabella waiting for her moment at the Jellicle Ball.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
• The pair performed a good, but not great, romantic rumba to The Little Mermaid classic, and sadly Sasha's friendly crab costume did not make an appearance.
  — Calie Schepp, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024