sadden
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become sad.
were saddening
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past progressiveof sadden.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Helen Whyley, director of RCN Wales, said the results of the study were "saddening yet not surprising".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2022
The court proceedings were "saddening and sickening," said Budd, who faces a seventh surgery in the coming months.
From US News ● Apr. 30, 2015
Although these words were not unkindly spoken, yet they were saddening to my already sad heart.
From A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences by Laura S. Haviland
Its very perfection and full fruition were saddening, for that must inevitably be followed by decay.
From John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein by Frank Richard Stockton
Nutty's views on farming and the Arcadian life generally were saddening to an enthusiast.
From Uneasy Money by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
