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Example sentences for: saddened

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His boyhood was marked by immersion in astronomy and telescope-making, but saddened by the painful illness of his sister.
I was surprised and saddened to see David M. Mastio's article, "Give This Subsidy a D-," appear in Slate.
I am proud to have been a partner with Arthur Andersen in its glory days, but I'm shocked and saddened by what happened to the firm during the past few years.
Deeply saddened ... heartfelt sympathies ... sincerest condolences."
It added that the pope must also have been saddened not only by "Sexgate" but also by Clinton's attacks on Sudan, Afghanistan, and Iraq, since "in 1993, at the time of their first meeting in Denver, he probably saw in the young Clinton, so socially committed, a potential partner in the reconstruction of a just and peaceful world after a century of hot and cold wars."