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Example sentences for: sadness

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Changes in the efficiency of the alerting network as a consequence of mood and depression are further supported by the findings of Liotti and Tucker [ 42 ] where subjects induced into sadness showed no improvement in RT when given alerting cues before target stimuli were presented.
At the end of the three days of light recording, one of the authors (EW) visited the mother at her home to retrieve the Actillume, and administered a written one-page screening mood questionnaire to rate her mood levels during the recording period [ 27 28 ] . The questionnaire asked the subject to rate the frequency she experienced depressed feelings, restless sleep, enjoyment of life, crying spells, sadness, and dislike by others during the past week.
Names, such as “Sad Girl,” “Diablo” (devil), “Joker,” and “Malo” (bad) could be names used within a gang, and may signify sadness, wildness, or craziness.
The most poignant parts of her books detail the pressures Scarpetta faces as an executive who's responsible for the welfare of her subordinates but under ruthless pressure to deliver results; the impossibility of sorting through overwhelming floods of information and straining for an educated guess; the sadness of a life lived in helicopters and planes rather than in hotels; the inadequacy of colleagues who function like family but aren't.
Ben's dutiful recording of miniscule new shifts in foliage slips ever deeper into sadness.