as in to depress
to make sad
the arrival of winter always saddens me
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Recent Examples of sadden
Like all who knew and loved him, I too am saddened by his death, yet also so very grateful to have known him in my life.
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
In the fundraiser, Vining said her family was deeply saddened by her father’s death.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
Yet that prospect only saddens me, because singing with my family is among my most cherished pastimes.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
Or at least not too bad (Dark Souls 2’s changes to the beta will forever leave me saddened).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
In the fundraiser, Vining said her family was deeply saddened by her father’s death.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
Yet that prospect only saddens me, because singing with my family is among my most cherished pastimes.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
Or at least not too bad (Dark Souls 2’s changes to the beta will forever leave me saddened).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sadden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sadden
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There is growing evidence, for example, that credit scores depressed by medical debt can threaten people’s access to housing and drive homelessness.Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Her big personality is, at first, a distraction technique, to keep the girls from letting poverty depress them.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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Offer Comfort After experiencing a disaster, whether firsthand or through media images, kids tend to worry about their family's safety or fear that the event will happen again.Tamekia Reece, Parents, 8 Jan. 2025
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Others are downbeat and worry that utter obliteration could be afoot.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The organization championed self-determination and economic independence for Black people at a time when Jim Crow laws oppressed African Americans and colonization subjugated Africans on their own continent.Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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President Joe Biden recently announced the establishment of a new national monument acknowledging the history of the residential school system, which oppressed thousands of Indigenous children and their families during the course of more than 150 years.Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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To be sure, his presidency was deeply troubled by high inflation, gas lines and the Iran hostage crisis, but he is increasingly seen more favorably by historians as having accomplished some far-reaching achievements.Storer H. Rowley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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Yet even with the labels, many are troubled by the potential risks: using deepfakes and artificial chatbots as a source of disinformation, relationship deceit, fraud...or worse.Chris Westfall, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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In one instance, the company approved a loan for a family already burdened with 33 debts in collection, leading to loan delinquencies just eight months after approval.Matthew Impelli, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Our tax policies burden families and drive businesses to less taxing locales (hello, Virginia).Matt Morgan, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Sadden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sadden. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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