Definition of Sad

sad (adjective) - experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - Christina Rossetti

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How can sad be used in a sentence?

  1. Her forehead was large, her expression sad and thoughtful.

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  2. This is just a sad excuse to put a Spanish word in the lyrics.

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  3. MCCAIN: And here's another bad one, it's called the sad grandpa.

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  4. How sad is that only the former half can be told, and can be said.

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  5. "People here, mother, do mostly have what you call a sad time of it.

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  6. Autumn is often called the sad time of the year, and it is the sad time.

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  7. Autumn is often called the sad time of the year, and it _is_ the sad time.

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  8. Ryne was shaking her head, her expression sad, and he felt fear rise up again.

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  9. i not scare die (blah blah blah) i now very sad sad +sad me say sorry then she say

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  10. We know the once sad spirit now, no longer _sad_, the _radiant_ Genius of Humanity.

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  11. Whats sad is so many Dems. called Bush a Nazi to and it never got this much attention.

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  12. President Bush is getting a firsthand look at what he calls a sad situation in southern California.

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  13. What's sad is doing a job like that for 60 years with no change in what you do or what you get paid.

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  14. On her way to Thursday's game, Barb wrote what she called a sad poem about the Reds leaving Sarasota.

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  15. No. This WAPO piece can only be described as a sad and sorry reflection of American political journalism.

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  16. What makes me sad is that one less cemetery means one more habitat lost for the native snail fauna of Istanbul.

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  17. I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to recall the sad and senseless loss this close-knit community suffered last fall.

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  18. One of its truths is that American schools are in sad shape, but part of the fiction is that the solution lies in charter schools.

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  19. How sad is it that this very article stayed open on my computer for the entire day while I kept coming back to it throughout the day.

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  20. December 10th, 2009 at 1: 36 pm cute? sad is more like it. the title is just painful for someone who grew up in an alcoholic household

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  21. How sad is it that a 52 year old man who has two children 4 and 6 (hence probably a much younger wife) has just really messed up his life.

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  22. Tonight, President Bush is promising quick help to California's fire victims after getting a firsthand look at what he calls a sad situation.

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  23. The thing that makes me sad is that I did not have a lot of involvement with Team Caledon this year as working for all of relay kept me very busy.

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  24. And no one in our pathetic little pre-apocalyptic timebubble wants to be labelled "sad" - it's like being officially declared worthless by the state.

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  25. "The only word I hear is 'sad' - it's sad for the victims, sad for him, sad for his family and sad for Poulsbo," said Hursch, a retired flight attendant.

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  26. Now the numbers were dwindling; within a day, only 28 or 30 officers would be left to save the stranded and fight the looters, recalled a sad and exhausted Capt.

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  27. The suburban Chicago woman was using her blog to encourage friends to send mail to unspecified soldiers until she learned of the ban, which she called a sad commentary on society.

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  28. What's demeaning in some dimension, or at least sad, is the idea of a 50 year-old mother or father of four doing that job and being barely able to put food on the table for the two kids.

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  29. What is sad from the Thai perspective is that one would hope to see at least one enlightened Thai politician, like Danby, expressing concern over the human rights situation in North Korea.

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  30. A curious change came over her face, as if the flame of her mind were subdued; and she looked at him ironically and with the expression which he had called sad before, for want of a better name for it.

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  31. Always striking of course with that style, but withered, changed, skinny where she had been slim, her throat concealed by a dog collar a yard long -- her expression sad and apathetic -- the dethroned idol of men.

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  32. My poor kitteh, known as William, Sir William of Lounge, Sir Lounge-a-lot, etc., has crwn too. *sad* *sad* He catches his booteefuls looooong tail in bafrum door and well, it not so loooooong now. *sad* *sad* We is sad kittehs tonite.

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  33. I am sad, sad, that is to say, that I am stunned, that I watch the spring, that I am busy, that I talk as if there were nothing; but I have not been able to be alone an instant since that horrible occurrence without falling into a bitter despair.

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  34. I sat down with her this week to talk about how she's going to keep that work going long after leaving the White House and she was quick to point out that she is closely watching what she calls a sad situation for the people of Myanmar also known as Burma.

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  35. In Darton the son, this trade subtlety had become transmuted into emotional, and the harshness had disappeared; he would have been called a sad man but for his constant care not to divide himself from lively friends by piping notes out of harmony with theirs.

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  36. She was a tall girl; a mass of golden coils surmounted the proud head, set so well on her neck and shoulders; her eyes were the deepest blue; you might have thought her expression sad, but her sensitive mouth was mirthful as well as tender; in merriment her eyes danced.

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  37. We spent the afternoon in all the ecstacy of hope that the most fervent love exchanged by mutual vows could inspire; and Miss Williams was so much affected with our chaste caresses, which recalled the sad remembrance of what she was, that her eyes were filled with tears.

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  38. Even the author's hero, Mr. Drumheller -- who told me in an interview that he thought that Mr. Tenet was "weak" and called Mr. Tenet's denials of prewar knowledge about the Curveball dispute "sad" -- apparently does not believe that the agency was asked or ordered lie about the intelligence.

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  39. The latest chapter in O'Reilly's phony "War on Christmas" or whatever the hell he calls his sad cry for attention -- and/or swell reason to avoid reporting on actual news -- provides more ammunition to the argument that the Fox "News" Channel's #1 personality continues his bizarre slide into bonkerhood/irrelevancy.

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Tips for Using sad in a Sentence

You may have an easier time writing sentences with sad if you know what words are likely to come before or after it, or simply what words are often found in the same sentence.

Frequent Predecessors

Words that often come before sad in sentences. For example: "a sad" or "the sad"

  • a
  • the
  • and
  • very
  • so
  • is
  • was
  • this
  • how
  • be

Frequent Successors

Words that often come after sad in sentences. For example: "sad ." or "sad and"

  • .
  • and
  • to
  • that
  • story
  • news
  • for
  • thing
  • or
  • as

Associated Words

Words that aren't necessarily predecessors or successors, but are often found in the same sentence.

  • sog
  • sack
  • serbia
  • lonely
  • serbian
  • belgrade
  • clown
  • crying
  • danube
  • zagreb

Alternate Definitions

  • sad (adjective) - of things that make you feel sad; ; ; ; - Christina Rossetti
  • sad (adjective) - sated; satisfied; weary; tired
  • sad (adjective) - heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard
  • sad (adjective) - dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors
  • sad (adjective) - serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous
  • sad (adjective) - affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful
  • sad (adjective) - afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow
  • sad (adjective) - hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked
  • sad (adjective) - heavy bread
  • sad (noun) - seasonal affective disorder
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