SAD in a Sentence

Learn SAD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

292 example sentences for SAD, such as:

1. His mind dwelt on the sad events.
2. I was very sad indeed to hear about it.
3. Thank you for comforting me when I'm sad.
4. And, then, when one is sad, one eats less.
5. We are very sad to hear that you are leaving.

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 Meanings and Examples of SAD
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sad
 a.  unhappy or sorry, not satisfactory or pleasant
 a.  showing, feeling, or causing unhappiness or regret
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I swear to you that my fate has been scarcely less sad.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXIV
2  He walked straight on at a venture, keeping close to the houses like a sad and humiliated man.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
3  Thus he proceeded for some time, walking on without ceasing, traversing at random streets of which he knew nothing, forgetful of his fatigue, as is often the case when a man is sad.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
4  Yes," resumed the Bishop, "you have come from a very sad place.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
5  His comrades assisted him, as is the custom in that sad place.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN
6  This is a sad thing to say; after having judged society, which had caused his unhappiness, he judged Providence, which had made society, and he condemned it also.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
7  As for the mother, her appearance was sad and poverty-stricken.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
8  It is sad to think that the love of a mother can possess villainous aspects.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—THE LARK
9  With his eyes fixed on heaven, he listened with a sort of aspiration towards all the mysteries of the infinite, those sad voices which sing on the verge of the obscure abyss of death.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
10  And, then, when one is sad, one eats less.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IX—MADAME VICTURNIEN'S SUCCESS
11  While I was leading a bad life, I should not have liked to have my Cosette with me; I could not have borne her sad, astonished eyes.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE
12  Javert remained silent for an instant as though collecting his ideas, then raised his voice with a sort of sad solemnity, which did not, however, preclude simplicity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
13  These things are charming when one is joyous, and lugubrious when one is sad.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES
14  She sang it in so sad a voice, and to so sweet an air, that it was enough to make any one, even a nun, weep.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF
15  On the evening of that day the worthy old woman was sitting in her lodge, still in a thorough fright, and absorbed in sad reflections.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB
Example Sentence: (82 in 6 pages)
16  Never stop smiling, not even when you are sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.
17  Maybe people have always lost look very pale in fact also sad when you lose.
18  Never stop smiling, not e ven when you're sad,someone might fall in love with your smile.
19  The relationship had been important to me and its loss left me feeling sad and empty.
20  I just look at you now smiling silent pride lost so I follow you follow you happy and sad but I always stand now but you never stay in the past.
21  I am not how free and easy, nor is it how sad, I'm just used to silence.
22  Life is sad at times, but it is up to you to make your own life happy.
23  Your forever friend gets you through the hard times,the sad times,and the confused times.
24  We are very sad to hear that you are leaving.
25  He tried to blot out the image of Helen's sad face.
26  I was very sad indeed to hear of your father's death.
27  I was very sad indeed to hear about it.
28  He's a sad case-his wife died last year and he can't seem to manage without her.
29  Thank you for comforting me when I'm sad.
30  His mind dwelt on the sad events.