Words similar to sad

Example sentences for: sad

How can you use “sad” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Pidgin loses much of its character when written, and it is a sad fact that both the writing and the speaking of it is discouraged today in many of West Africa's more modern schools for much the same reason, I suppose, that I remember many years ago being made to feel an outcast for having Gaelic as my mother tongue in an English-speaking school in my native Scotland.
The most publicized "hate" crime in recent memory was the sad death of Matthew Shepard, the gay man in Wyoming.
Once they work with the computer and finish, you can tell they're not as sad.
An essay describes how difficult, time-consuming, and sad it is to take care of aging parents.
The increasingly sad straits of those at or near the bottom of the economy is not the only report topic that the Post chooses to downplay.