noun
definition
The state or emotion of being sad.
synonyms
definition
An event in one's life that causes sadness.
example
She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.
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Examples of sadness in a Sentence
There was sadness in her voice.
Nothing could explain the sadness she felt at that discovery.
My heart is too full of sadness to dwell upon the happiness the summer has brought me.
Her sadness had nothing to do with not appreciating their fortune.
The sadness she felt as his truck disappeared down the road was borne of fear.
Sadness threatened to overwhelm him.
She sensed some deep sadness when he mentioned his mother.
He suddenly felt sorry for her and was vaguely conscious that he might be the cause of the sadness her face expressed.
The sadness in her voice chased away his mirth.
It is a ray of light in the darkness, a shade between sadness and despair, showing the possibility of consolation.
How could having a baby cause so much sadness for two people who wanted one so badly?
Sadness had long since waned, leaving only a hole that'd never be filled.
She watched him climb stiffly into his wagon and knew a moment of sadness when she remembered that before long she would be leaving and she would never see him again.
Kiera found she truly was happy for her, though her own happiness was clouded by a sense of sadness and yearning.
We shared our sadness at the waste of two barely emerging lives with the remainder of the celebratory bourbon.
We didn't have Jonathan when he was an infant, and there was so much sadness at the time Destiny was born.
He thought he saw a flicker of sadness cross her gaze before he crossed into the shadow world.
But, though she noticed it, she was herself in such high spirits at that moment, so far from sorrow, sadness, or self-reproach, that she purposely deceived herself as young people often do.
The contrast is marked by the humour which seems to combine a cynical view of human folly with a deeply pathetic sense of the sadness and suffering of life.
His closing years were full of sadness.
Anna Mikhaylovna turned up her eyes, and profound sadness was depicted on her face.
But noticing the grieved expression on Princess Mary's face she guessed the reason of that sadness and suddenly began to cry.
She accepted his report, not without obvious sadness but with business-like decorum and no sign of tears.
Mary was odious to her Protestant subjects, Elizabeth to those of the unreformed religion, and both these queens succeeded to the crown in times of general sadness; but the youthful Queen Victoria had no enemies except a few Chartists, and the land was peaceful and prosperous when she began toreign over it.
Anna Mikhaylovna regarded the refined sadness that united her son to the wealthy Julie with emotion, and resignation to the Divine will.
Betsy turned to me with a look of sadness.
Fury and sadness made him loosen control of his magic.
The touching acoustic ballad was inspired by the death of his 4-year-old son and aches with intense sadness and reflection.
Even his wit and knowledge of the world were spoiled, and his affected gaiety was touched with sadness, by the odour of falsehood which escaped through every pore of his body."
I have a journal filled with sadness and also great joy.
To lose a grandparent to death brings a sadness unlike any other.
In fact, much of the film goes by where we only see a glimmer of sadness in his eyes.
Members on all sides of the House how deeply we express our sadness at the death of her royal highness Princess Margaret?
The lasting sadness that thus early overshadowed him tended to facilitate his acceptance of the austere teaching of the Oxford Tracts; and though he was never an acknowledged disciple of Newman, it was due to the latter's influence that from this date his theology assumed an increasingly High Church character, and his printed sermon on the "Rule of Faith" was taken as a public profession of his alliance with the Tractarians.
To me, the book seems suffused with a sense of sadness.
But there was, throughout a large portion of those decades, also an undertone of sadness for the atrocities of the Vietnam War.
The story of the vicissitudes of fortune experienced in this family does not end, however, in sadness.
Children may not know how to express their feelings of confusion and sadness upon the death of their tiny sibling.
After a divorce, you may feel as though no one understands what you are going through, so you isolate yourself so you don't have to feel as though you are bothering others with your frustrations, anger, sadness and self-ridicule.
This disorder usually fits people who believe outside forces beyond their control are the cause of their sadness and other symptoms of depression.
The person who is in a depressive episode experiences something other than sadness or even grief.
He found a hint of sadness in her eyes.
I love you, E. While placing the ring on the top of his index finger, a wave of profound sadness washed over him.
He directed most of his remarks to the sadness of those left to cope with "this untimely misfortune."
Dreams of happiness were often juxtaposed with dreams of sadness.
There was profound sadness for the nearly three thousand lives lost.
Vicissitudes of fortune experienced in this family do not end in sadness.
This week the celebrated official biographer of Shaw, Michael Holroyd expressed his sadness at Mr Chappelow's " tragic end " .
Mainly feeling cautious, anxious, a bit strange Slipping back down into sadness - needing to let go again!
Sitting here I've got a mixture of sadness and complete contentment.