sadden
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become sad.
is saddening
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present progressiveof sadden (3rd person singular).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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“I just think at the end of the day, it is saddening to me that we are now in this moment.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
The feeling of having been stolen from is saddening.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
Given the resistance she meets along the way, especially toward the end of the series, it is saddening but not surprising that she has since left the school.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2018
Copland wrote, “It is saddening to think that Fine was not fated to carry through to full fruition the new directions clearly inherent in the best pages of the Symphony.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2014
The impression made by the whole work is saddening; and the reader, while admiring the artistic power and the literary finish of the book, is depressed by the moral issue.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke
