sadden
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become sad.
are saddening
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present progressiveof sadden.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately the facts do not allow any exaggeration; they are saddening and horrible enough in themselves.
From The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
The sweet lingering notes of the waltz "Geliebt und Verloren" are saddening the air; now they swell, now faint, now almost die out altogether, only to rise again full of pathetic meaning.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
You are saddening us; and you are chasing the light away.
From Back to Methuselah by Bernard Shaw
I will simply say that they are saddening for all who, like myself, believed in the future of the T. S., for they can only repel clear-sighted and sincere minds....
From H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal by Alice Leighton Cleather
