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Sad in a sentence
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Sad meaning
- Emotionally negative.
- Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
Synonyms of Sad
Using Sad
- The main meaning on this page is: Emotionally negative. | Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. | Emotionally negative.
- Useful related words include: bittersweet, tragical, tragic, wistful.
- In the example corpus, sad often appears in combinations such as: very sad, sad to, sad sad.
Context around Sad
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sad
- In this selection, "sad" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, feel, little, ing, day, man and scene stand out and add context to how "sad" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sad sad day for, a sad sad sad man and sad news. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sad" sits close to words such as strikes, rival and saved, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sad
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I’m sad, my players are sad. (7 words)
Very sad to see women settle for so little sad sad sad. (12 words)
I'm not purposefully trying to be sad or make people feel sad. (13 words)
While fans may be sad that Season 6 is now over, they don't have to be sad for too long as has announced Season 7 is in development and has added Romi Park to its roster as the voice of Star and Stripe. (44 words)
It was kind of sad to read some of that history and it was in earlier versions of the script, but I think Michael wanted to point out that the Tesla story wasn’t meant to be a sad one in the long run. (44 words)
Paying respect to their captain after news of his sad passing spread, the team wrote: “We are so dreadfully sad to let our members and friends know that our Club Captain, Aiden Hoenigmann has passed away at the age of only 27. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Very sad to see women settle for so little sad sad sad.
He said: "This is a sad day for the loyal Jennings team, a sad day for an iconic business, and a sad day for Cockermouth.
He was a sad, sad, sad man,” said another Mugabe nephew, Walter Chidkhakwa, on Saturday, describing his uncle’s last months.
Honesty is what makes the L.A.-based artist’s multifaceted works felt: “If I paint something and it makes me sad, it’s f—ing sad.
I am so sad, very sad … He always talks to me,” said super Renato Cera, who was at the building earlier Tuesday and returned when his manager called to report the apparent suicide.
Mercedes Martinez currently has a losing record this year, which makes me sad but not as sad as I’d be if Nightingale had lost this match instead of Martinez.
Piaf’s life was tragic and sad, and this movie is indeed tragic and sad, but Cotillard finds compelling ways to imbue that sadness with a passion that is abundantly clear in Piaf’s art.
Schools closed Friday include RSU 39 (Caribou and New Sweden), SAD 20 in Fort Fairfield, Easton School Department, SAD 70 in Hodgdon, RSU 29 in Houlton and the Van Buren District School.
That music was crafted to play whenever there is a sad scene, so of course it will be played in other similarly sad scenes.
While fans may be sad that Season 6 is now over, they don't have to be sad for too long as has announced Season 7 is in development and has added Romi Park to its roster as the voice of Star and Stripe.
Five of Kennedy’s family members issued a statement Friday calling his support for Trump “a sad ending to a sad story” and reiterating their support for Harris.
I’m sad, my players are sad.
Paying respect to their captain after news of his sad passing spread, the team wrote: “We are so dreadfully sad to let our members and friends know that our Club Captain, Aiden Hoenigmann has passed away at the age of only 27.
Research on how to prevent and treat SAD is varied and while taking vitamin D may help symptoms, studies do not show consistent results in treating SAD.
They also announced plans to launch a ‘SAD Bachao’ (Save SAD) movement next month.
As sad as I am to leave, people like him aren’t sad to see me go.
However, Khiladi Kumar also admitted he felt sad about theaters and stated, “While I am excited about the platform and the opportunity that I have got to show my film to my fans, I feel sad about theaters too.
I'm not purposefully trying to be sad or make people feel sad.
It was kind of sad to read some of that history and it was in earlier versions of the script, but I think Michael wanted to point out that the Tesla story wasn’t meant to be a sad one in the long run.
This is a sad, sad day for a lot of us in the industry.
Phrases with sad
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with sad
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- very sad 24×
- sad to 24×
- sad sad 20×
- the sad 20×
- sad and 17×
- and sad 14×
- is sad 13×
- be sad 11×
- sad news 11×
- was sad 10×