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Example sentences for: saddened

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

I was surprised and saddened to see David M. Mastio's article, "Give This Subsidy a D-," appear in Slate.
I was deeply saddened to read of the death of Willie Morris, someone I never met but long admired.
His boyhood was marked by immersion in astronomy and telescope-making, but saddened by the painful illness of his sister.
When I heard he had gone to Newsweek I was saddened, for to me that meant the end of the "Bimbo Beat" for Isikoff.
I found myself deeply troubled by her fantastical notions and saddened by the possibility that her children might be taught these same ideas.