SADNESS in a Sentence

Learn SADNESS 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 SADNESS, such as:
1. Great sadness emanated from her song.
2. There was a tinge of sadness in her voice.
3. Henceforth, there must be no sadness anywhere.
4. Noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness.
5. Can't help sadness, then slowly learned to hide.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SADNESS
sadness
 n.  emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
 n.  the state of being sad
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  That which exists was for this good and rare priest a permanent subject of sadness which sought consolation.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV—WHAT HE THOUGHT
2  The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV—WHAT HE THOUGHT
3  He was wrinkled and toothless, and he had the beginning of a bald spot, of which he himself said with sadness, the skull at thirty, the knee at forty.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE
4  Nothing remained to her except her beautiful eyes, which inspired pain, because, large as they were, it seemed as though one beheld in them a still larger amount of sadness.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—THE LARK
5  He walked slowly, with drooping head, in an attitude of reflection and sadness.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS S...
6  She was melancholy with an obscure sadness of which she did not herself know the secret.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR
7  It touched the royal personages only with sadness and precaution.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WELL CUT
8  Jean Valjean was hurt by this sadness, and heart-broken at this gentleness.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF
9  One feels in it the wild and ancient sadness of those vagrants of the Court of Miracles who played at cards with packs of their own, some of which have come down to us.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
10  He began to lose his teeth, which added to his sadness.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRES...
11  He hated Wellington with a downright hatred which pleased the multitude; and, for seventeen years, he majestically preserved the sadness of Waterloo, paying hardly any attention to intervening events.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN
12  All four of them seemed to be standing at the four corners of old age, which are decrepitude, decay, ruin, and sadness.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER II—GAVROCHE ON THE MARCH
13  Henceforth, there must be no sadness anywhere.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
14  She would have been sad, if sadness had been possible to her.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER II—ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS
15  Still further, he had seldom seen the young Musketeer; but every time he had seen him, he had remarked a deep sadness imprinted on his countenance.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 19 PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
Example Sentence: (82 in 6 pages)
1  Although she doesn't know much about football, she understands his sadness.
2  No amount of discourse is sadness for the prelude.
3  How much growth is needed to cover the sadness out of a mirage.
4  Do n't let the sadness of your past and the fear of your future ruin the happiness of your present.
5  Can't help sadness, then slowly learned to hide.
6  At the end of the movie play who is the sadness, the eyes of you sing is who uneasiness.
7  If you tend to overeat because of depression, first take steps to recognize the source of your sadness.
8  The smile is faint, the light cloud, knead in sadness.
9  Great sadness emanated from her song.
10  When you need to tell, I am here;When you need a warm hug,I will be here;When you need someone to wipe your tears of sadness,I will here.
11  As the story unfolded throughout the past week, I experienced the gamut of emotions: shock, anger, sadness, disgust, confusion.
12  Now he was dead, and I could not get away from my sadness.
13  There was a tinge of sadness in her voice.
14  The lugubrious howling of the dogs added to our sadness.
15  Noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness.