Words similar to sadness

Example sentences for: sadness

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

The sadness is not for what was, or even for what might have been, but for what always comes between the two--the feeling of being in the eternal, dream-absorbing, imperfect present.
Students of human misery can savor its underlying sadness and futility.
There is nothing hilarious or mirthful, however, about the Yiddish Guide . To the very contrary: it brings forth a deep sense of sadness because what was supposed to be a serious attempt at facilitating the Census count, a sort of “first aid” assistance in answering the Census Form, looks like the work of a child who took several pages from a Yiddish book, cut them up with his plastic scissors into tiny pieces of various shapes and sizes and then playfully pasted them together.
"If I am running a show to get Clinton off, I want the grand jury totally focused on this man's face, his honesty, his sadness of having to do this.
Happiness melted into melancholy, sadness into ennui.