Anya was sad that Papa had gone to Rûm, but Mama had changed completely. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

All seemed so merry except one young lad, And he was downhearted and sad. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tears were leaking from her eyes, and as she stood there taking deep breaths, Mark thought he’d never seen someone look so incredibly sad. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“It is awful, it’s a sad day,” he said. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch Mama’s face for sad shadows, but she seems okay. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

All the people on this side look sad, terrified, or furious. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The fox went a-walking Down by the sloughs; But it made me so sad, For she had no shoes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we looked at each other, and there was such a sad heartfelt feeling among us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long ago I had been forced to give up climbing on the monkey bars and the swings as well, which had made me very sad. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Hello, sponsor. You seem sad,” Joey said when I got to the gym. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I’m still too sad to plan—or even go to—a huge party. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was as sad as I was, but he didn’t say why. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But in my head, a sad refrain repeated with each footfall: He was the last, the last, the last. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As quickly as it had come, the humor left Desdemona’s face and she looked sad and apologetic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When we got to my house, we said a sad little good-bye, but I felt cheerful, in a way. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song that fisherwomen sang to the sad young bride as they braided her hair and prepared her for her wedding to a man she didn’t love. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad Jim Lovell stayed healthy and was able to fly Gemini 7, but at the same time I was sad that I was not able to fly it myself. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than anything else, perhaps, he felt . . . sad. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Burnham was sad and lonesome and wanted to go home. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At last he gasped: ‘Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What’s happened to the world?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The thought of something happening to her makes me a little sad, but I shove the emotion down deep. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I wish I had a bottle of that ink for writing in my diary because the truth is I feel kind of sad writing in pencil, always prepared to erase. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

They were dark eyes, deep and sad and frightened. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He died in 1980, and it was a very sad time for me. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked sad on the outside but on the inside I was feeling great. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled, but her voice was heavy, sad almost. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I felt sad, but I also felt relieved because I knew that I wasn’t the only one. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Blood dripped from his forehead and his sad eyes looked upward in prayer. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Several of the fake jewels in his rings had come out, leaving sad empty pockets where they’d once been. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It’s how he looks when he’s sad, but mad about it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ugly little girl and a sad fool, and maester makes three . . . now there is a tale to make men weep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Momma’s voice was full, sweet and clear, but always cut through by a sad warble. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized until then just how sad I was, and hearing her say it cracked something open inside me and I started to cry. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“So what was I supposed to do?” asked the Iceman, aggrieved, when he had told Shadow the whole sad tale. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But then her long black lashes fluttered open, and in a soft, sad voice she continued, “I was so shocked, I could hardly take in anything he said.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We see the sad trees, with their autumnal leaves dripping rain, the grey sky reflected in the puddles on the road. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He was sad at the thought of what lay ahead, yes, and more than a little afraid. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was happy that everything had gone so well, and sad that I had not been able to go with Borman and Anders instead of Lovell. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking about that made me sad all over again, but I threw the shield a few more times because Mrs. O’Leary insisted. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The woman’s eyes softened and she looked sad. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was easy now to picture what this place would one day become: that sad and desecrated wreck I had first discovered weeks ago. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Someone with a lot more strength than me, that’s for sure. I mean, I could tell you were sad, but not falling apart like I was—” I caught myself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was strange, but Tally couldn’t help feeling sad. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She loved their little old man faces and their sad, wary expressions. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She said she found it on the way to school and brought it in because the poor little thing looked just so sad. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I remember that sad summer after the Ocotillo Ball just as clearly as everything else. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

"At the Crillon. Harvey was just a little daunted. Hadn't eaten for three days. Doesn't eat any more. Just goes off like a cat. Pretty sad." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I have already been whatever you can say or imagine, every version of the newcomer who is always fearing and bitter and sad. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That made me feel sad because I didn’t know that she liked me that much. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And though this wasn’t a sad funeral, what Ola was feeling, nobody else could. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mother was so sad when she lost Rumenge, she had no appetite. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

This thought made him so sad that his knees felt suddenly wobbly. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was sad, and it trembled a little. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

So you’d think it’d be all sad, especially since they left the casket open the whole time, but actually the play was pretty funny. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Did you see how sad she looked when you said no? Jenna will come, for sure. And invite some of your other Carver friends. They all know Didu." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The thought of not riding with Lolo suddenly makes me sad. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And then I felt really sad because I thought maybe I was different from how Mary Elizabeth originally saw me, too. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of losing Lucinda to the United States of America, hard as she sometimes is on me, is too sad to think about. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Tell her you’re Captain Finn of the Police Department. Say you have some sad news. Give her the news, and see what she says.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma Charles said, “If the bloodhound don’t let it lie, why should she? That’s not a lazy dog. That’s a sad dog. Miss his kin. Calling out for all them pups he nipped at.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Family vacation,” Gabriel answered, a sad look in his eyes. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ajarry wasn’t sad to see him disappear down the road when they sold him to a sugarcane estate in Florida. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Get on over here, boy” I could only think she was on a new prescription, and that made me even sadder. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want you to worry about me getting sad again.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine anything sadder than having once had a single body and then suddenly not being able to stay in any for longer than a day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Thus their fame spread, because all those who arrived sad and bedraggled at the consulting room left filled with hope. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No sight so sad as that of a naughty child,” he began, “especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go after death?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We are certain you will honor his legacy. For now, like you, we are all sad. We mourn with you and honor your father. We think of you in your grief. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He is sad not to fight at side of kindly master. He would have struck down wicked warriors, oh, yes!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I lay there and thought how life was like a Littmus Lozenge, how the sweet and the sad were all mixed up together and how hard it was to separate them out. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I get not wanting to be yourself. But isn’t it almost sadder to pretend otherwise?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I thought we were supposed to be scared and sad now. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Too sad a story to tell pitiful litde growing girls, he say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At each bar, Nali returned with a sad expression and no information about where Uncle Jet might be. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And then, all of a sudden, I feel sad as Keisha goes on about how famous Albert will be. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I notice the way he pushes his chin forward like he’s ready for a fight... while his face is so sad. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They took off their masks now and again to cool them, as the day-heat grew, and Frodo saw that they were goodly men, pale-skinned, dark of hair, with grey eyes and faces sad and proud. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Ged saw all these things from outside and apart, alone, and his heart was very heavy in him, though he would not admit to himself that he was sad. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes are sad because I’m thinking about what you and your dad are going through. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I thought she was going to follow Nero and find me, but instead, she stood where she was and watched the spot in the woods where Nero had vanished, her face sad. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In confusion they will instantly revert to their real state—weak and sad humanity. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burke and I sat there and stared at each other, and even though I was filled with crackers and bologna and an Oh Henry! bar, I felt very empty and sad. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Good grief,” said Sticky, “do you have to drag out everybody’s sad tales? Why don’t you leave him in peace?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She was out behind the tractor shed, sitting on the ground, staring off at nothing. When we walked by, she didn’t even notice us. I remember thinking she looked a little sad.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “Oh, come on. Don’t be sad.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

That loud audience was part of the reason I was feeling a little sad after my floor routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

To be so sad and so confused at the same time. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

About how the world can be good and happy for one person, but bad and sad for somebody else. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

What made it even more depressing, old Spencer had on this very sad, ratty old bathrobe that he was probably born in or something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I'm sad, too, but I'm not sure my cousin's right. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m sad to see that Maisie Carpenter is one of them. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It felt good to see my people, but sad too. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But it was a pretty sad story, about one family’s struggle against the oppressive Japanese regime. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Dray tries to make his voice sound sad. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

So much happiness can only make me sad. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The monkey had sad eyes under his bright red cap. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because we don’t want you to be sad,” her dad said, sounding every bit as sad as he didn’t want Grace to feel. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was only sad because they would be a year ahead of me and I already felt close to them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And no one here is going to tell you not to cry when you’re sad. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I look up at Minerva with my sad puppy dog look, and she gives me the nod. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I felt scared, and sad, by my own words. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Though he said nothing, I think Father was even sadder than my mother, so sad that words failed him. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stooped down and gave the goat a light pat on its head; it was a surprisingly sad gesture. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The songs, the corridos became sad, and the meeting of the people from Texas with my forefathers was full of blood, murder, and tragedy. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often they heard nearby Elvish voices singing, and knew that they were making songs of lamentation for his fall, for they caught his name among the sweet sad words that they could not understand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before her stood a downcast child looking very sad and very sorry. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me feel particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, do you feel sad, George Washington?” asked Constance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve known Peaches all my life, which means for fifteen years, and I hated to see her sad. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter who she was, it was sad and horrible and final. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I look at the cell house, sad and silent. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin was tanned by the salt of the open air, his hair was short and straight like the mane of a mule, his jaws were of iron, and he wore a sad smile. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He looked sad now in a different way. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be responsible for making Fina sad, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But if Leo had escaped from an evil sorceress’s lair, why did he seem so sad? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They both looked at me and for a second I didn't know if I should put a really sad look on my face or a happy one or what. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Part of me wants to avoid going in and facing even more sad news. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

If he appeared just a little sad or embarrassed, I could feel sorry for him and wouldn’t be able to laugh. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s much better this way. I don’t feel cursed anymore. Don’t be sad.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell you how sad I felt when he told me that because I wanted to call Patrick and be his friend and help him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And I was looking for the reptile house on the map when Calista told me, “You have to go back to school tomorrow, you know. This was your only sad day.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The dog looked up to Fern with eyes as sad and droopy as Caleb’s and panted for more love. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then I go back inside, sad to see him leave like this, but at the same time, a little less worried than before. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s hardly the same,” he says, and I feel sad that he doesn’t see that it isn’t too different. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It makes me sad to think about it; billions of copper bits spinning down the yellow funnel into oblivion. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I say I think that would be sad. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sad and wordless kind of song. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ferula came out to meet him with a sad grimace of welcome. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not horrible in an ugly way, but horrible in a sad, lonely way. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Scott was a nice guy, and it’s sad that he died, but nobody killed him. Act rational.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All stone and dark wood, it had held up for the most part, though it now had a faded, sad look, as if losing its former occupants had stolen its soul away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Gym class. We’re running partners until the end of the month,” I say, realizing that I’m already kind of sad that the month will end. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

She was still sad, but she wasn’t angry anymore. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mean to make you feel sad. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks a little sad staring at the coin. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Momma gave me a sad smile and shrugged. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

"No . . . my girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The young woman gave Ophie one last sad, wistful smile, and then vanished from sight completely, leaving Ophie with nothing but questions. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

There was a sad, wistful look on her face, and I knew who she was missing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know that Father Cham is merely leaving this life behind and going on to the next. You shouldn’t be so sad.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Looking at her sitting alone, late at night, was sad, but pleasantly so. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The faces are neither angry, nor sad, nor joyous. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He fell for an eighteen-year-old girl with one of those deepdown, spooky loves that made him so sad and happy he shot her just to keep the feeling going. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me kind of sad when we walked inside. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And then I don’t know why, but I felt sad. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The letter explained that “the President's tragic death was a sad necessity, but it will unite the Republican party and save the Republic.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Palma gave me a sad, sympathetic look, and Annette was studying me like she was Sherlock Holmes and I was a handkerchief at a crime scene. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. But it doesn’t matter even if I did. Whatever Mr. Griswold was planning just isn’t a priority for us at this point, I’m sad to say. Things were hectic before everything happened, and now...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I liked that story about Peeby, and I’m glad it wasn’t too awfully sad.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I smiled at him, but I was deeply sad for the rest of our stay. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

That night she was a sad bear; a great sheep in a wool shawl. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It makes me so sad that all those girls in Pakistan don’t have rights like we do,” Sheila adds, pushing out her lower lip for emphasis, and I stop nodding. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You should have come straight to me!” she raged, holding up the sad, limp remainder of what, half an hour before, had been a wyking arm. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The melody is sad, but hearing it fills me with hope. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The saddest part of it all is that a person my parents trusted—the baby-sitter—victimized me in my own home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She stood a few feet away from us and got this sad look on her face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But she was sad to leave her sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I was expecting—information on why being pregnant might make you sad? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Throughout their conversation, Sticky’s expression had grown more and more dejected, his big eyes sadder and sadder, so that at last his face had taken on the exact gloomy look of that miserable man Milligan. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be sad, to cry for him, maybe bang my fists against the sides of the hooch. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hazel, baby,” she began, and Hazel never would have asked if she’d known how sad her mom would look. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Some days I opened that door and it made me so sad that I just sat for hours staring off at nothing. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was something about his face, the sad fatigue of a goodwill whose reserves have been exhausted, that made me start to trust him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But, alas, he never really belonged in either place, the sad fate, I am afraid, of those whose hearts break and then mend in crooked ways. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I just need to stand there. In that place. Where I last saw Zosimos, and Fyrian’s mother, and the rest of them. I need to remember things. Even if it makes me sad.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Werfel nodded, but he just seemed sad and quiet. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“I hear much more out of you and I think I’ll take those pretty lips off. Make you smile even when you’re sad, little swank.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would have turned away as I always did to save her from having to kiss such an ugly daughter, but I was sad that she hadn’t even tried. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t seem bothered by Vega’s sad music. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I found it trembling in a corner of its pen, the color of purple grapes, with sad little eyes that cast around for its mother. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His warriors were sad, but they did as he said. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile, but his face makes me sad. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Until then, I’d thought it was a sad thing that you were sometimes slower than the rest of us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

This memory was both happy and sad: happy because it was so pleasant, and sad because it made Penelope think about how much she missed Swanburne—the girls, the teachers, Miss Mortimer. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The news Tina gave me was so horrifying and sad I could barely process what she was saying. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Those sad thoughts were always flickering at the edges of Jess’s mind. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

HorsePower was playing a sad song called “Time Stands Still.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know why, but adults are strange, and maybe the night was just sad for everyone. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay...so...so the princess? She was in her tower, and she was still really sad.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray paused, his face dripping, his eyes sad. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This building is calm and quiet and a little sad. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She said it full of pride, and then got a little sad. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Pitipiti loved her husband and it made her sad to see his affection for her vanishing as he waited for the birth of children. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you didn’t quit baseball, Silas. It would’ve made me sad because...do you know what I like best about the way you play?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t celebrate—Jay gave me this smile that couldn’t really be called one because it was so sad. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My first experience with a girl seemed sad. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thursday night, December 31 last day of this old sad year I can write the saddest things tonight. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were any teacher’s dream, yet at that moment it made me sad. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

In a way, I feel sad and empty, but I also feel that I’ve done what was intended. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Even though both of them look at me with sad puppy eyes. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A sad cockroach lay on its back in the middle of the tiled floor. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I glance over at Viola and I see that her face is pulled as sad as my Noise feels. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a rule that we never listen to sad music, we made that rule early on, songs are as sad as the listener, we hardly ever listen to music. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

So Tendai, not seeing any spoons or forks, broke off a piece of sad^a with his fingers and popped it into his mouth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They come crawling in like the sad thoughts that sneak in when I wonder why Appa disappeared. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And then when that made him sad, he was going to kill himself. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin looked so sad, Matt felt slightly—but only slightly—sorry for him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It filled the night air as if it had been only waiting for Meggie's footsteps: strange music, a carnival mixture of bells, pipes, and drums, both boisterous and sad. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Eleanor took a breath, wondering if she could speak now, and then she heard a little soft cry which broke her heart, a little infinitely sad cry, a little sweet moan of wild sadness. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They looked sad all the time, even when she was smiling. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then Pearl had reached out one timid finger and traced a vine in the wallpaper, and Lexie had felt a warm gush of pity for her, the sad little mouse. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked over her shoulder, to where the queen still stood, watching her with those sad eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I felt bad for you. You were so sad, and I thought you were just scared,” Julia said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And I realized that, sure, Indians were drunk and sad and displaced and crazy and mean, but, dang, we knew how to laugh. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sad—I don’t want to go home yet. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mom nodded okay, but her face grew sad. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I was sad to see Ethan the fish go, but meeting his namesake had been the perfect send-off. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The corpses I’ve seen had been rolled and dumped, sad little dirty bodies covered with a police khaki blanket. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder is he as sad as I am for Bill. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When me and my mom got to the next block, we started talking again, but my mom was whispering and I was sad that that guy with his red angry face made my mom quieter. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Under the inmates’ surface bluster, their cruelty and selfishness, was almost always something ineffably sad. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was easier to lie the second week than the first time around, which was sad. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Happy people need the blues to cry, and sad people need the blues to laugh. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She glanced back at Dr. Somerset, and something sad flickered in her eyes, but Ivy was too distracted by the word awesome to care what June might be talking about. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As the days went on, many things were harder and sadder, but some things were strangely easier. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He tells us we’re a disgrace to Ireland and her long sad history, that we’d be better off in Africa praying to bush or tree. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He looked terrible, and when she was leaving, he was so sad, she writes Theo, it was “as though it were for the first time but could also be the last time.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Are you sad to be leaving?” he asks, stirring sugar into his coffee, drinking it back in one gulp. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if she was sad or just knew more things than me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m the cause of everything and only make others sad, I alone have caused all this misery to myself and others.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Because the wound did not heal during that hour, he was sad. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

If necklaces of pork chops were accepted, it would be a sad child who could not wear pork chops. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s the one who looked so sad when I told him I didn’t need it. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Lincoln’s funeral procession was the saddest, most profoundly moving spectacle ever staged in the history of the United States. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milk and beer—I felt sad, watching the wagon careen dangerously as they went around a corner. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why? What were you saying? I’m the one to apologize. I wasn’t listening. I was thinking how sad I’ll be to leave Frell.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We laughed at times, and there were moments when he was very emotional and sad. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And I was sad that I had made him worry. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

One of the descriptions she read was of a girl who sounded to me like some sad welfare case, in the sorry way her clothes and hair were described. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Something pops up in my friends’ activity bar just then: Fizz likes Farooq’s status: “So sad Muslim girls are letting go of their modesty these days. A sign of the End Times. ” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Even if she dies, I realized a moment ago, I don't think I'll feel sad. It isn't right. Something must be wrong with me.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel kind of funny, only not really funny, but sad, and maybe a little mad, to think about how he knew you better than I did. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It’s just about the saddest story I’ve ever read, and I have to wipe my eyes quickly so that the librarian doesn’t ask me why I’m crying. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘That is the horridest thing I is hearing for years! You is making me sadder than ever!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave me a sad smile and said, “I hate to do this to you, Rachel, I honestly do.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt sad, thinking how much I was going to miss them. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I am sad you got hurt and didn’t get to join the smart class with me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I feel proud to be acting more mature than Lucinda, but the truth is, I’m just as sad even if I’m not showing it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say this stuff like he was mad, he just sounded real, real sad. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog had taken a chunk out of the back of Satchmo's leg, left teeth marks that scarred in the shape of a sad face. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t be sad to leave the Temple of Lkossa behind, but he would be sad to leave behind what he’d once thought it was. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s a poor, sad man. He doesn’t feel good. We mustn’t stare.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

While they idled at a red light, a sad man with a dirty beard and a cup limped to the driver’s side. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then, we became sad yet again when we remembered he wouldn't be at home when we got there, and we weren't seeing him very often anymore. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I was grievous sad to hear about your son. And him so young.. The gods are cruel." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her face was pale, her eyes as sad as when she looked at the ocean. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Ladies, let’s not be sad. What can I offer you to drink?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“The dog’s adorable—a yellow cur with long ears; big, sad eyes—and the best rabbit chaser I’ve ever seen.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

This seemed the most sensible plan, though it made her so sad that it cast a shadow over the thrill of going to the new city. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We had lost our three acres of strawberries, and I felt sad for Papá. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sad Aunt Rose was gone, was she? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When I found it, it made me sad in my stomach but happy too. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sad strains of “The Old Rugged Cross” began to play as they pulled Herbert away from me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I think you gave her that card to tell her you’re sorry she has to leave us to go have some dumb baby. She’s probably really sad. I feel sorry for her, too.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were downcast, her expression thoughtful, almost sad. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mom is sad about losing Nan, and probably she misses Aunt Louise. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And almost always they come to sad ends. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am sad thinking I have finally replaced the other red dress that the soldier burned. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The saddest comment on all of this is that he also happens to be our captain. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It's a sad thing, but there are few men that can’t be softened by a pretty face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“While I appreciate you showing me this,” I say, and I feel sad, and tired, “I’m not sure why it had to happen in the middle of the night.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I felt very sad and a tiny bit happy at the exact same time, kind of like that laughing-crying feeling all over again. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

June bugs flickered all around, and music notes floated from inside, sounding like a violin, only a lot sadder. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cholly stood up and could see only her grayish panties, so sad and limp around her ankles. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the roof is the saddest looking plastic cow I’ve ever seen. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He loved his two nephews and it would be a sad blow if they turned out to be lions when they grew up. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"If it is a better place, why do you look so sad?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just saying his name out loud made me feel sad. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And the sad thing about it is that there’s a lot more people out here just like me. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually we stopped trying, and then those striped blue sheets made me sad to look at. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We would be surrounded and smothered by white people and their rules as I saw those signs that made me feel sad. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Carefully holding the egg, she moved through the forest and away from that sad scene. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We have been for months constrained in scenes of prodigious sickness and desolation; we cannot but feel gratitude that we exchange these sad prospects for new views. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I have to admit a sad, shameful fact. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They do laugh at him sometimes, but Stefan is the one with the saddest eyes of all. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Hirohito tried to show no change in his face, but he was changing on the inside, where people change when they’re sad or angry. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was dirty and her expression sad, and she didn’t say anything. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I felt very sad when he said that. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lots of times, I only needed to serve up a sad face and she would back down. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The situation was so pathetically sad, it was almost funny. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was a sad song and even the crocodiles felt sorry for her. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

In a lifting voice she asked, “Why are you so sad, little girl? We are all joy here.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman put her sad moon-face in at the window of the car. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she can be so cruel and it comes so suddenly and such birds that fly, dipping and hunting, with their small sad voices are made too delicately for the sea. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

To them we are characters in a sad story about a past that is over. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to go with you; you dumped me; I'm sad. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Even though it was an incredibly sad day, she looked so, so beautiful. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

That was kind of sad, but at least I could put it on as soon as I got home and show Dad and my brothers and sisters and tell the whole story again and again. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I cross my fingers and hope that no sad songs come on. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he makes me sad when he says that he feels himself disappearing like the prairie. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The first was a page so heavenly sweet—so deadly sad—that to read one line of it would dissolve my courage and break down my energy. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The answer, once she had risen, once she began working with Nokomis to care for her family, was a sad answer. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

One of them he taught me went: The fox went a-walking, For to have a little flirt; But it made me so sad, For she had no skirt. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid to tell him exactly how I feel—how one second I’m okay and the next I’m sad for no good reason. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She whispered, after a moment, “I feel so sad.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And it might have been sad but the truth was that I was glad it was Monkeyman on the line, and not me. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me was sad to hear it, but pride also swelled up in me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

How sad to be the last of your kind, flashing your signal in the dark, alone, to nothingness. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“This is just too sad,” Mom said with a shudder as she turned away and handed the binoculars to me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The multiplication helps a little, but the sad horn song sticks in my head. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I’m showering now because I feel guilty for hoping the world, or some part of it beyond Lidia and my dad, will be sad to see me go. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had a hound’s sad eyes too—brown with white showing above the lower lid and bags of skin below. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m feeling very solitary and sad and more jamonita than a hog. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things fall into categories of black and white—bad mood, bad temper, loses control, feels sad, feels blue. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And that realization made me instantly sad, too, because I’m a smart kid; I knew I had absolutely no chance at all. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“At long last, today we shall be fascinated and entertained by ‘The Wreck of the Hesperus,’” she continued, once the dishes were cleared away and the trio of sad children had gathered obediently around her. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, ‘Why do you look so sad?’ Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was very sad and he wasn’t even sure all the time that he had done the right thing; but whenever he remembered the shining tears in Aslan’s eyes he became sure. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Rivers broke his camp quickly and sad- died up beside her, and they set off again, near fifty strong now, flying beneath the direwolf, the leaping trout, the twin towers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For some reason people loved using Aladdin to put me down, which made me sad, because I really liked Aladdin. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It is the one thing that makes me deep down sad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was too tired and sad and dirty to feel relieved. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"You are kind to ask, my lord, but my tale is long and sad, and we have treasons to discuss." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My first few attempts were a bit sad. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

That made her so sad that she would have cried if all her tears had not been burned away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And it feels strange, almost sad, to walk through the empty halls. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t know it was a sad card like that. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I promised you ancient mystery, and now it’s nothing but a parking lot,” said Paolo, half sad and half joking, as they got back in the car. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Pecola turned to find the front door and saw Jesus looking down at her with sad and unsurprised eyes, his long brown hair parted in the middle, the gay paper flowers twisted around his face. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

One moment, he looked groggy and sad—and just wrong, with those circles under his eyes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My parents’ house looks sad and abandoned and swallowed by the mist. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But because he knew it made Mom sadder if he was sad, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He seems so serious and sad, and I wonder if I will ever see my fun Pa again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delphine’s funeral—just two weeks before—had been as sad and bewildering a day as she could remember, but now she hoped she could put it behind her. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

In an instant, his mom’s face transformed from angry to sad. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was a dozen years older than Sherman, with sparse gray hair and sad brown eyes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were usually nothing but a tiny cluster of sad, sunken shacks, a gas station, a dry-goods store, and a bar or two. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once again that sad winsome look came into the BFG’s eyes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those huge eyes were the saddest things I had ever seen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

There was one doctor who always looked sad, so I wrote him a note. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I felt a sad lump in my throat as the sting on my hand grew more intense. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But it was so sad about the door guard. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I feel as sad as I did watching the real one fall. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t matter who you are, what side you’re on. It’s still sad, no matter what kind of uniform you wear or the color of your skin. It’s still sad.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was sick of crying, tired of feeling sad, but it was like second nature to him now. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“He was sad. He was having scary dreams, I think. He cried in his sleep. He shouted, sometimes. It woke me up.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t think Calista should get in trouble, because what she did was a nice thing, giving me a sad day when I needed a sad day. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Every man ever taken by slavers sings that same sad song. I dare not help you ... here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I gaze back down at the tiny glass and stick out my tongue, but the sad image of me doesn't change. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“You have a choice of getting sad about all that or moving on,” he told me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I felt great,” I began almost reflexively, but then paused—there were complicated feelings there that I hadn’t examined—and finished, “but maybe also a bit sad.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her words are small and sad, even though she now knows that her sister is okay. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At Minersville, I turned onto a back highway and headed through a landscape of overgrown mine tailings and rusting machinery towards Centralia, the strangest, saddest town I believe I have ever seen. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two times I got very depressed and sad because I couldn’t take care of myself as a man. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It makes me smile—Scoob’s presence is always a ray of sunshine—but also makes me a little sad: that house he’s staring at used to be his grandmother’s. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It took me a few seconds to remember my sad situation. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She was so sad that she started sleeping all the time and skipping garden club meetings. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was so sad, and I didn’t know what to say or do. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lexie asked, and when Pearl said, “She can keep a secret,” this seemed like the saddest thing Lexie had ever heard, and she burst into tears. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now it’s black, dirty, ugly, and a sad sight, at least in our part of town. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“The bond between us is breaking down. That’s good. Good for you, sad for me.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The black keys play sad sounds, like somebody crying. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And sad for Theo to receive, “but it’s worse for the poor woman.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But that’s no good, either, because when I close them, all I see is the sad shape of Mom’s face, standing out in the hall with Dr. Howard. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Milo’s face clouded almost as abruptly, and his spirits descended into a state of sad anxiety. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Ma shivers and it makes me sad that I can’t comfort her. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Whenever I see how sad and lonely TaShon is, it makes me doubt Mama Ya-Ya is right about him clinging hard to life. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I saw in their faces how happy they were, and sad, too, because Uncle Katsuhisa would never be a land surveyor. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She runs her fingers lightly over the scar and lets herself be sad for just a second. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mummy shrugged and smiled a small, sad smile. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Elephants feel a wide range of emotions, but their behavior remains constant. On the outside, happy and sad often look the same.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Great. When he comes, you make a sad face, tell him you’re lost and need help. And then we’ll clobber him over the head and take his card key.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He and my father both looked so worried and sad. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand in a sad farewell and trudged away across the dark field. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t mad at me; he was sad. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Cat gave a sad wave to them, and then he was allowing himself to be disarmed by the crew of the Ray. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t want to be sad as much as they wanted to be happy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The song started out with a jangly, quiet guitar and a voice that sounded sad but a little hopeful, too. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When I give my time, when I can make someone smile after they were feeling sad, it’s as close to healthy as I ever feel. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Moorehead was a tall sad man with a stoop and a tendency to give his sermons startling titles. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Is it okay if I’m not sad all the time, though? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He seemed calm enough, tired but calm, and his intelligent eyes met mine with a sad, quiet candor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Um, no offense or anything. I’m not mad, I’m just kind of sad. And emotional.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s for a sad reason, it’s sort of beautiful. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Music that is in a minor key is sometimes described as sounding more solemn, sad, mysterious, or ominous than music that is in a major key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But a world without June would make me sad, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some appeared sad; others eager; but none seemed interested in avenging Elowen’s death. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then she sat on a chair at the kitchen table, her head in her hands, and I knew I had made her sad and I wanted to go back to my room. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sad for people like Mena Prescott, who tried so hard to pretend that she wasn’t affected by it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It made you happy, this sight, but also very, very sad. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After long hugs and sad greetings, Clement took Dad for an appraisal of the buildings, while Marie-France led us to the enclosure. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “I don’t know, I guess that song is making me kind of sad.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

A sad tremor lives inside my chest, and my arms and legs buzz with the memory of not being chosen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She conducted her house like a cathedral dedicated to a sad but erect Priapus. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The thought would make Alfred sad, and he'd speed up until he pushed it out of his mind. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The need to feel sad was becoming a vice as the years eroded her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Smiles and sad faces and a few tears. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Everything felt kind of peaceful and sad and deserted. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I felt sad for them, sad for me, sad for the world. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's sad that I'm not sadder to leave. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She puts soft fingers to my face and smiles a sad, sweet smile that’s mine alone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He works at a candy factory all day, then comes home, watches TV, and eventually goes to sleep. Seems pretty sad to me.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Stannis, my lord, my sad sullen boy, son I never bad, you must not do this, don’t you know how I have cared for you, lived for you, loved you despite all? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

General Taheri managed a simultaneously sad and polite smile, heaved a sigh, and gently patted Baba’s shoulder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes are the saddest in the world. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Uncle Katsuhisa said that it might seem sad to kill them, but eventually, we would learn to be kind of like farm kids—farm kids understood the meaning of death. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The cookies she left for Clara never lasted long enough for Ophie to have one—whenever she found them the next day they were always sad, moldy black lumps of nothing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

For a second, I get a little sad about it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sad truth is that I have about as much experience on a dance floor as Nathan does. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Think long and hard about how you proceed, Nico di Angelo. You cannot lie to Cupid. If you let your anger rule you...well, your fate will be even sadder than mine.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"Yes. It is grievous sad. I must blame myself for the poor sweet babe and her mother, who was so young and loved the king." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The voice sounded so sad that Coraline put out a hand to the place where the voice was coming from, and she found a cold hand, and she squeezed it tightly. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It had been a reddish dog, with long hair and dark, sad eyes. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

While the sad interrogation of the snake-man was taking place, he made his way through the crowd up to the first row, where the gypsy girl was, and he stopped behind her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He realized he was happy, and he hadn’t known he was sad before. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lacey emerged from Ben’s shoulder still looking sad and distracted, but she tried to smile as Radar and Ben swapped tales of corsage purchasing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I think it was León who spoke first, he was the eldest, and his voice always had a sad note to it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a look of sad bemusement on his face, as if to acknowledge that no job in the world was stranger than that of a high school football coach. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sad all the time,” I said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She knew how sad and scared and desperate they were. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was sad for my aunt Julia, who could barely utter a sentence without bursting into tears. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I was neither huffy nor cross, but merely sad. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This sad irony was widely noted in the aftermath of his death. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for a while after that, Hagrid and Slughorn were sitting side by side, arms around each other, singing a slow sad song about a dying wizard called Odo. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He just lay there and stared at the ceiling and looked sad. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hot tears filled my eyes and my words sputtered out all angry and sad, like water sizzling on a hot tin pan. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I told her how sad I am not to be with my friends. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mom doesn’t like to talk about him because it makes her sad. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

How she’d be the only sad parent in a sea of smiling ones. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

This was turning out to be a bit sad. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There in their secret place, his feelings bubbled inside him like a stew on the back of the stove—some sad for her in her lonesomeness, but chunks of happiness, too. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It made him a little sad to think that he might never muss her hair again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She didn't sound angry or bitter, just sad. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The thought that she and I—lat, sad Rachel and I—are now in the same boat is unbearable. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he left, he wondered why she suddenly looked so sad, and why she’d pronounced his name not with tenderness, but with resignation. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I drank some chocolate milk and then lay down on the sofa in the living room, not really sad, just floating, trying to imagine what it was to be dead. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sad or mad because I was in jail?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Monkeys are really nasty, he wrote, which made me so sad, because I had wanted a pet monkey for the longest time. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

All of the forty-eight orphans have their own personalities and sad little life histories. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t be able to stand that sad look she’d give me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was sad and beautiful and encapsulated what little I knew about their relationship. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She had drunk a quantity of champagne and during the course of her song she had decided ineptly that everything was very very sad--she was not only singing, she was weeping too. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I rock and pray, feeling so sad, I don’t know, something just come over me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Tell me about your life—how you learned to play the pianoforte so masterfully. And what was that piece? It was so sad; were you thinking about a secret lover?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“On the sad scale, how are you feeling today?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Joseph adjusted the volume. a sad woman . . .’’was the first thing they heard. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Celia looks at him, a slow, sad smile tugging at her lips. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was sad to think that kids like Tommy feel like they live in the middle of a war zone. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But the mother tried to convince her daughter that it was better to be a happy nobody than a sad somebody. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was very sad to see my father cry, but I understood it, because sometimes a man has to cry. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond that, Dumbledore refused to speak of the sad business, though many attempted to make him do so. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She tried to feel satisfied with that idea, but it made her sad. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head at Seamus and he gives her a sad shake back. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Lizzy looked sad and said, “I hope she gets better soon. I certainly miss your company.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The saddest part of Saipan,” Wilfred told me, “was those Japanese civilians.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This year would be a sad time for inspections, right and true. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“You said sometimes you get stuck. Thinking something sad.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“No. But it doesn’t matter even if I did. Whatever Mr. Griswold was planning just isn’t a priority for us at this point, I’m sad to say. Things were hectic before everything happened, and now...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Frisby went into her house, she found Timothy asleep and the other children waiting, frightened, sad and subdued. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I miss its halls, and all the girls, and, most of all, you, but have so far been much too busy—and too surprised!—to feel sad. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She spoke clearly, and she didn’t look either scared or mad, just kind of sad, like she was still hurting something awful for Emmett. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Thinking about my mom made me sad, because it didn’t seem likely I’d be home for Christmas. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

As she was securing the pins he made his sad sound. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It began as a sad sort of thing. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sure you understand that there's nothing sadder than a sixteen- year-old boy home alone on Halloween answering the door in full costume. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“She has long brown hair and sad eyes and she touches everyone’s stuff,” I say as a way to describe her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was so sad I could barely speak, but I was pretending everything was all right and that I was happy for her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he did, he remembered a skinny brown girl with sad eyes, sharp teeth, and a mouth full of Spanish. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I told Mom I wanted to call Augustus to get her out of the room, because I couldn’t handle her I-can’t-make-my- daughter’s-dreams-come-true sad face. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He too had had a hard life, a life marked by loss and sad turns of fate. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he saw Momma just looking sad and me looking like I wanted to crack up again, Byron got kind of mad and said, “I think it’s cool!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I think of all the work Dad put into our house it’s pretty sad. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He reminded me of Tyson, and the idea of fighting him made me sad. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’d been happy, and then, just like that, I was sad. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“You saw him every day in school, Cathy. Has he seemed sad lately? Did you notice anything that might mean—” Cathy looked down at her plate and then up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, that fact—that sometimes things do just happen—seemed like it might be the scariest and saddest truth of all. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t sad to see them go. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The saddest sentence I ever found was in a graveyard on Bredon Hill. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She hates when books and movies that Roli and I watch are sad or bloody. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, full on, and I could see how sad he was. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I hummed a stanza of Areida’s favorite song, a sad one, about a farmer whose family is starving. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The congregation gathered around the coffin, and the yellow church swelled like a throat with the sound of sad singing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, the sound of glass breaking followed by my father howling like a sad dog. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We were all sad to leave each other, as we had learned that we were not returning to peaceful places. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I imagine his little bones in his little grave, and it is the saddest thought in the world. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looked so earnest, so sad and hurt, that it almost made me feel guilty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the sad truth was that we couldn’t afford the more expensive wide casket. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“We’re almost finished. The next entry explains why the special recruits aren’t so sad. It’s more or less what we thought.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d be sad, too, if your husband had abandoned you for another wife,” Grandmother said harshly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. It just seemed so sad from the beginning.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It felt like being a little kid again, I’m just as tender-headed as I was then, but it felt kind of good too, even if it was the saddest day of my life. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Just as Edward could feel Lucy’s whimpers and growls resonate through his body at night, he could also feel the deep, sad sound of Bull’s songs move through him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

One day she looked very sad and told me she wished she had some glittery pink polish. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Memories of a wonderful love, unselfish devotion, and death in its saddest form. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it hurt so much to see him sad, losing all that he loved. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was a feeble sort of evasion, a sad rag wrapped around his wounded word. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning Tortoise arrived at his mother’s house, looking very sad. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Mom smiled all sad and hugged me hard. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Light Hair was very sad when he heard. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

"A sad tale," said Osha, "but those empty holes are sadder." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ty'ree had left up the flowered curtains Mama'd bought downtown, and for some reason this was sadder than anything to me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She thought of two feelings when she saw those kids—one was sad and the other was a kind of warning. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Why are you sad today, Melly-Belly?” she asked me one morning a couple of years ago. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’m not sad, far far from it, so I don’t know why tears are busting out of my eyes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The boys are sad, of course, but Pascal and Patrice at fifteen and thirteen are nearly men, with men’s ways of coping. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled gently, a sad look in his eyes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Stories have changed, my dear boy,” the man in the grey suit says, his voice almost imperceptibly sad. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

‘That is but a part, for I have forgotten much. It is long and sad, for it tells how sorrow came upon Lothlórien, Lórien of the Blossom, when the Dwarves awakened evil in the mountains.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Just like I wasn’t planning on telling them about my sad crush on Cody Feinman from Hebrew school. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There is a sad look in her eyes, like she pities me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mabel Perry It made me sad that Mama had written to Peewee to say that she loved me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no,” she says, her pretty face now sad and severe. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She looks so sad as she pats my hand. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“No. There’s nothing there for me now. Only sad memories.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Shirley said in a small voice, “It is so sad, moon cakes without Grandfather. When will we all be together again?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She looked like a sad and homely human being. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, the ache in my chest lingered, and I felt lonelier and sadder than I had ever felt in my life. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nok gazed back at him, her eyes serious and a little bit sad. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Last time, I think the cards I played made everyone else profoundly sad. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Joaquin’s grip on the steering wheel was tight, but Grace could see the sad slope of his shoulders and neck, the way he seemed to almost hang his head. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Okay, so Peaches was sad and walking around like she lost her best friend, which is me. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already pale with embarrassment, the girls sprayed with the white powder looked like sad, old women. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I say I wish she’d found out the whole score, it’s more because I feel sad at the idea of her finishing up different from me and Tommy. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, I was also ignorant of our illegal immigration status and the sad fact that the government could kick my family and me out of the country, effectively ending any relationship I started. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The end of their little excursion made Singer very sad. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She looked as though she wanted to drop to her knees and embrace the entire palace as if it were a sad giant dog. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“In the orphanages? The hospitals? They're such sad places. But maybe I don't need to begin there—the Hartliebs have probably done that already.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Me? And get shot? What good is that? Mami would be so sad. But probably not my cousin Frito. I don’t even like guns. Would you join?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Once again, I am crying as I tell him all about the bullying I’ve dealt with for over a year, how sad and alone I’ve felt. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She looked at Harry’s face and a deep, serious feeling made her sad. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had a really pretty voice, and she sang about hanging on when you felt sad or alone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Thinking about home gets me all worked up and I’m getting real mad and sad at the same time. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Why do you look so sad, amorcito? Are you not excited about being an artist anymore?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He’s rubbing his eyes so he’s either sleepy or sad. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But if there are many of these ruffians,’ said Merry, ‘it will certainly mean fighting. You won’t rescue Lotho, or the Shire, just by being shocked and sad, my dear Frodo.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was such a sad and frightened man. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It didn’t come out as a question, but Clara’s sad expression melted away into happiness. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was both a happy and sad meeting. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t look sad anymore as she walks to the front of the room and, with a toss of her hair, delivers an energetic presentation about Amelia Earhart. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And even though I was the one who’d gone through the experience, I wasn’t nearly as sad as they were. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her soft gray eyes wore an expression so sad, it cut me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the pop station, it’s Pearl Jam’s hypnotic “Last Kiss,” so beautifully sad, it makes bereavement seem like an enviable condition. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The result is a sad jumble of shops, booths, and bazaars often unpleasing in themselves and incongruous when taken together.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to convey to her that it hasn’t all been sad. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You know about the ugliness in people. You showed me the pictures. You use all the sad, weak parts of a man, and God knows he has them.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If only he could reach out and tug at her lips to remove the sad smile on her face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He always wants to do something like throw a football or play Frisbee or go bowling and sometimes I just don’t want to do that stuff because I’m sad. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She liked that sad woman running away from her sick father, the woman with the interesting scar and the surprising taste in books. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His amber eyes were steady but sad, as if he knew he’d never see the plains of Africa again. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday afternoon I was so worn out by the sad news from the outside that I lay down on my divan for a nap. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His mother’s eyes were sad, skeptical; but kind, patient, waiting for his answer. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was all alone, and felt lonely and sad. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that made me sad, because it would mean leaving all my friends at Bannon’s. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A low, sad mournful cry tore itself from his throat and mixed into the lapping sound of the waters of the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He teaches the white person how to break down the sad but understandable prejudice in his heart. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He took off his sunglasses and faked a sad face, those green eyes of his dipping toward me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It made my mother sad, and it slowly killed my father’s dream. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face became filled with a look of sad, aching brooding, as if he was thinking about something that only he could understand and somehow resolve. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, it could wait, it wasn’t very important, he said, sounding sad. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No. But I’m sad, too,” she says sharply. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t think like we do. Doesn’t get happy or sad or angry or bored. He’s like a robot. Hugo just obeys commands.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I try to hold on to the peaceful feeling of the dream, but it quickly slips away, leaving me sadder and lonelier than ever. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Quite right, S.Q. Unfortunately, there are some people whose natures incline them to be sad when others are happy.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knew these people were genuinely sad, and that I wasn’t really mad at them. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

This new song made her feel sad and excited and happy all at once. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are warm, but her mouth is sad. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But I never stopped feeling sad for Boo. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s unusually quiet for a Saturday afternoon, but part of me wonders if the whole block is a little sad that we’re leaving. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“But then,” she continued with a sad smile, “there was that distressing accident. We were brewing some herbs one morning, a rather special potion.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled of mildew—a sweet, sad kind of smell. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Her face was sad and her eyes were dull, and for all her perfect curves and symmetrical features the only thing that sparkled about her were the jewels in her necklace. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then she said, “I feel really sad. I feel all hollow.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

His smile was creepy and sad at the same time, the kind you see on somebody who has nothing to lose. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Josephine stopped what she was doing long enough to let out a sad, pitying belly laugh. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

How sad would it be to finally exist if I was just gonna die a few short months later? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Outside, the leaves were falling to the ground, and I was infinitely sad, sad down to my bones. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When I wake up I don’t have them anymore and I’m sad. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I told my mom about this, she just looked very sad because he could never say those things to her. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t smiling anymore; he looked serious, almost sad. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And she’s taking the song of my ma and she’s weaving it into everything else till it becomes a sad thing all her own. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a small, sad, heavy thing, a tiny marble made out of lead. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It makes me think of Kazi and I get sad, so I don’t look. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Is it possible to be mad at someone for being sad? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I hunch up like a sad turtle and try to ignore him, but he’s now throwing sticks and dirt at me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I guess when you think about it, there was a lot to be sad about when it came to me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Half of each face is plain and sad, the other half is plastered with thick clown makeup that is fake-happy. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“As long as this exists,” I thought, “this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then I got very sad because I knew I wasn’t really wondering about the guy underneath me, whoever he was. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And the whole time, everybody would be drinking booze and getting drunk and stupid and sad and mean. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

We did find it deeply disturbing to look on the bodies of the dead, to step over them, even in some sad cases to share a foxhole for a whole night with a slain comrade. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gives me a sad sort of smile. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I need the new memories that make me angry to replace the old ones that make me sad. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone does,” he said, sounding a little sad. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It gave him a sad feeling in the stomach to think of disobeying his wife. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted me to be sad, so I bowed my head a little. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“How can such a pretty girl be sad?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has his hands stuffed in his pockets and his face looks sad. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I realize now why Mabel tried to wait to open hers and I'm sad that I don't have something else to give her. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if I should be angry with him for doing this to me—to himself—or if I should feel sad. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Barrel's eyes narrowed as he pressed his huge chest across the bar, looking suddenly sad. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were incredibly sad, as if she realized something had changed in Frank—something much more important than the physical growth spurt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She finds him in the cafeteria later, where he eats his free lunches alone, or sometimes with Travis Bohannon, another thoroughly odd duck with a sad story of his own. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The ground around her was bare, the grass lay in sad clumps at her side. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need to carry that doggone picture around, this wasn’t how I remembered Momma anyway, Momma was always excited and jumpy, not sad and poky like this little girl. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Besides, talking about my country would make me too sad right now. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He remembered her laugh, though, and how peaceful she was the first few days following the bite, so the touch of her fingertips didn’t frighten him, but it did make him sad. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog stared up at him with sad eyes, his tail hung low. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He cuts and I watch, happy and sad, as flowers, butterflies, and birds fall to the floor. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’m not used to feeling sad for folks who have stuff. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Food and fire and rest had helped restore him after the ordeals of their journey, but he seemed sadder now, sullen, with a weary, haunted look about the eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Jinny stared at the eight faces surrounding her and felt sad and happy all at the same time. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.’” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

She turned to him quickly and gave a sad smile. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I tell her, "I'm scared about leaving. And I'll miss you. I'm as sad as you are!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Usually when I’m sad, Dad’s deep voice resonates in my chest, soothing my hurt feelings. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It seems a sad way to end our struggle. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

His parents had looked so lost and confused and sad. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even eat my sandwich, and my mom made my favorite because I think she knew how sad I would be with everyone gone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes might have been a little sad, but her mouth was a tight, straight line. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father looked carelessly at the title page of my book and said, “Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I had to be sad or mad. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“What? What have I done to make you sad?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tio Fello dragged her off right after Christmas because he found her very thin and sad and thought the mountain air would invigorate her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told this to the little girl while he was pruning the rosebushes, simply to entertain her, because he adored her and it made him sad that she was mute. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of us would want to make her sadder than she already is. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She looks sad, and I bet I look the same way. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Sitting around the kitchen table we had a sad, makeshift dinner of canned mushroom soup, soda crackers, and tea without sugar or milk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even though I was in a sad mood, I couldn’t help smiling at these crazy white people. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Three or four Ayorthaians at a time occupy the stage in turn and sing long, sad ballads or happy tunes or funny ones, joined by the whole throng in the choruses. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face looks a bit sad, like maybe he wishes he could be crammed into this car too. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then I send my thoughts even deeper to the bedrock, where pockets of gas bubble and brew from earth’s intestinal distress as it tries to digest its long and often sad history of life. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

As the months went by, her sad moods drove away her friends, and the courtyard was now empty in the afternoons. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The past week or so, Percy had imagined a lot of scathing things he might say to Nico when they met again, but the guy looked so frail and sad, Percy couldn’t muster much anger. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s still hope for me,” she whispered with a sad little laugh. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s such a sad song, don’t you think?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She walks across the room and takes a box of Cheerios from a cabinet and pours some into a sad old bowl. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But then I stopped because it started to make me too sad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the day came the mood of the world about them had become soft and sad. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A sad one that lets you look inside him, and a clear one that looks inside you. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were wrapped up in each other, feeling happy and sad all at once, pretty much all the time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"No, but I think he was sad about never seeing it again. He talked about Poshora like it was some kind of lost paradise." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Brother Quang translates into a microphone, his voice sad and slow. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Mad then sad, if the white people catch hold a me.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She thought she noticed, however, that her husband would grow sad with the bad news. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And Francie walked past them in the evenings and wondered why all the songs sounded so sad. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And let’s be honest, marrying Simon would be amazing—and not just because I had a sad, secret crush on him for most of middle school. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Every time I felt sad, I thought about him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was so sad already with this empty crib in his mind. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Link hears one sad story about a grandparent, and he’s lost his mind. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They will come to the deep blue, where the whales sing their sad songs and starving sharks swim for miles in search of prey. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Each seemed taken up with the same melancholy thoughts—thoughts which, however sad, were at least far from Efrafa. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The party was winding down, and Grandma looked very tired and very sad. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He looked so sad, it made me want to cry. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

August said he wasn’t feeling well enough to go trick-or-treating later in the afternoon, which was sad for him because I know how much he loved to trick-or-treat—especially after it got dark outside. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The real sad thing is, we’ll probably go our own separate ways.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry about Aunt Florentine. I’m...I’m real sad about it.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of being treated that way made her upset and angry and very, very sad. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

All the feelings that make me sad, I lock those away, deep down inside, in a safe that I drop into a dark well in my soul. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It isn’t like something that makes me sad to miss it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The woman said that the dream was sad, but Mr. Rodriguez and Poli looked up the dream in the Black Cat dream book to see which number to play. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reed looked down at her, and beneath the brim of his hat his eyes were very blue and very sad. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Mary Lou was reminded of her adventures with Tane, and it made her sad, but she vowed to forget about it — and him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He made a face I couldn't read, a forced smile with squished, sad eyes, as if he felt bad for me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie figured it was based on their mood: most happy ghosts glimmered yellow, while sad ghosts like the one sitting next to Miss Alice were outlined in shimmering blue. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The rage was gone from him now; in his eyes Ned saw something sad and scared. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The whole time I’m just standing there thinking: If heaven is the place people say it is, won’t it be impossible to be sad about the folks who ‘didn’t make it’ there?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It means be sad, but not too sad.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“It makes him too sad. But he thinks about her all the time.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She sounded so kindly, and there was such sad wisdom in her eyes, that Will’s mistrust deepened. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just say”—again she flashed the small smile, only this time I could see it was a sad one—“that my parents aren’t around very much.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was like staring at a small planet, a whole sad and lonely world. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

When he was younger, he had admired people with moneyed childhoods and foreign accents, but he had come to sense an unvoiced yearning in them, a sad search for something they could never find. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

No matter how sad I am, every time I step in front of the door and it opens by itself, I feel a rush of excitement like I’m back at Wimpy’s. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“But it makes me think of things I feel sad about.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t she know it will only make Mama get sad? Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She looked so sad that I let it go. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

At other times I would wake up sad and filled with foreboding. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Conrad was young enough to have his self-esteem and hope, I was already sad about being trapped in oppression. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s settled then,” Bernice said, a sad smile on her face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She laughs again, but then her smile gets a little bit sad. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay to be sad he’s missing, isn’t it?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She throws a sad look at Ellis, who says, “Aw, I’d go to college with you, Mom. I bet you threw some great parties.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Normally I loved playing DJ at the record store, but for once it wasn’t getting me out of my sad mood. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Chris asks, and before I can say no, one of the sad yellow trays is pushed in at me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing grows or lives on the mountain; the land around it is hard and the water of the river is dark because Jade Dragons sad spirit is still there. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But that night in bed, instead of being happy, I felt kind of sad. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday’s pulsing anger is now just a sad frustration. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The scarred brick face of the school, three floors and a thousand sad stories tall. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was sad that I had to leave them now, even though the class was very boring. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Crying gently, she held the spoon under her eyes, carefully catching each tear, preserving their sad silver in the hollow of the spoon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says it was a sad day Prohibition ended because Dad gets the drink going around to saloons offering to sweep out the bars and lift barrels for a whiskey or a beer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

That night I did something quite unexpected, I think because I was so sad. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Dear Mother, I was made quite sad by your letter telling of my sister Agnes’s death. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And it makes me feel a little sad that we might not get to dance together for thirty years. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I thought it was just a corny cliché when I first heard that expression, but I think it actually applies to Coach right about now, which makes me sort of sad. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles a sad, trembling smile as I approach. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair is a sad, ragged helmet, like she’s the loser in the war. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Scoob turns to look at Dad, who in this moment is just...a sad man with a sick mom. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Dolores’s voice softened as the ferret curled into a frightened, hairy ball and sniffled a sad sort of sniffle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Why art thou sad, my soul, and why dost thou disquiet me, chanted the priest in his deep rich voice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a sad fact that they have to go far from home for people to think they’re worth much. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

June seemed to get that Ivy felt sad about it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A sad kind of acceptance washes over his face, but it disappears quickly. uHere.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Matthew would be quiet, but would look sad all the time, the way he looked every time anyone mentioned the pigs they couldn't keep anymore. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

There is something sad about palm trees cavorting all over curtains when you are not in Florida but are instead in Georgia. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He smiled, but Hazel couldn’t tell if he was sad or pleased. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had seen all this before, and he had seen the sad consequences of dashed hopes in Seattle the previous year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The crying girl on the trolley, the sad boy at the Carutherses’ mansion, the happy old man out back who cast the bluest light. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The businesses here are hangers-on, relics from about twenty years ago—a sad and very old department store, a shoe store that smells like mothballs, a toy store, a candy shop, an ice cream parlor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When Bitter told Jam that the angels must have had to do dark things, hard things, Jam had thought of Hibiscus and the way his eyes sometimes looked like sad stones embedded in his head. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

To lose a baby was not unusual, but it was, of course, very sad. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more he drinks, the sadder, angrier, and more argumentative he becomes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I am sorry to trouble you with sad news, but Uncle Judah come tonight to Lowell and brung Rachel to me. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We’re two sad and angry women, about to wreak vengeance on one unsuspecting monster. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She went out closing the door on the sad sound of the mandolin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I said that I couldn’t leave you, and he was sad about that but he understood that you were realy important to me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The conflict, brutal and sad, tore through New England. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You poor, sad creature. I didn’t know what I was looking at until now.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want the people she didn’t know—and the people she didn’t like—to be sad. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The rain fell in a cold, sad drizzle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As principal of Riverview Middle School, it is my sad duty to report that I have absolutely no idea where our team might be. I think the pressure was too much. They caved.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t quite meet my eyes when he said, “This is sad, Tandy. I’m sorry to hear the news.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I do miss you, but right now I’m way too happy to be sad! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I was watching you, I was so proud and so sad. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the saddest and most cruel April of the five. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that word, the old man nodded all at once, one nod, like a sad old puppet on strings. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jake rubs his thumb over his tattoo, then turns to look at me with a sad smile that’s like a dagger to my heart. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Yes, it was he, and they followed him and watched him The Buddha went quietly on his way, lost in thought His peaceful countenance was neither happy nor sad. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cumulative daily output of these 636 men was probably huge, a sad symbol of their thwarted energies. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Doris frowned—but her eyes were a blend of sad and hopeful and something else, too. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was looking through some old photos last night, which made me sad. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She swears all day every day, whether she’s happy, sad, indifferent, everything. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It’s the type of song that settles in your bones and makes you sad for a reason you can’t quite pin down. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His mouth was sad, but his eyes seemed more relieved than disappointed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Selfishly, I wondered if I were in his shoes, would I be consumed with sad thoughts of all that I had missed? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay in the bed and thought about all the things that had happened during the day, and felt sad and depressed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Part of me was sad it wasn’t Maddie—I’d always told her everything—but another part of me was so grateful for this new friendship. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Even the shed and the porch and the lawn chairs and the canning jars lined up on that shelf in my room made me sad. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He had a deep streak of sloppy sentimentality to him and he loved to sit around fires singing sad songs of home. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They can feel sad or happy, afraid, angry, or hopeless. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The saddest moment, I think, is that when his brothers grabbed the king in his palace, they blinded him first. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My head ached, and I was terribly sad. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Every day I thought of Teacher Sarah and the wonderful storybooks that she had read to us, so my memories of her were both happy and sad. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it was because my three brothers were at war that she was sad, and Eugene was the youngest. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down at the dinner table, but I was really sad that Mother Lois hadn't gotten home in time for dinner. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I felt sad for him and knew he had no idea what had happened. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She is always sad like a house on fire—always something wrong. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made Lloyd’s sister so angry and sad that she just started crying. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am pondering this sad fact when I realize the blackness of sleep is circling my head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was about to see the Messiah, and while she was eager to do so, she was also nervous, and sad. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s about my life. And Travis is part of that sad story. People leave me. It’s what they do.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She says what her big, sad eyes were telling me all along. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Their life had changed, although they still felt sad for the loss of Diepe and thought often of their brother and son who had now gone. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He called me on Wednesday night, sounding sad, and we talked for a while. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“A sad little hope,” he said without breaking stride or looking in my direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had said this, and then she had given him a sad look and closed the door to the bedroom. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He told his son of the sad dignity that can belong to a soldier, how he is necessary in the light of all the failures of man—the penalty of our frailties. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If there was a ghost down here, he felt sure, it could be only a sad, pale creature, nothing to be frightened of. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was a sad country, silent now but for the stony noise of quick waters. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He threw the sad concoction in the oven, went and plugged in the air conditioner, and began playing his guitar, working on a new song that no one would ever hear. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When you catch stones, even happy songs can make you sad.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He is thin with a long, sad face. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter was shaking her head and smiling a sad wise smile. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I take a breath, add, “And I’m sad too.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

This is how I will get to know him, get to know what makes him angry or sad. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mami looks at me with her sad eyes and I give in. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I feel so sad to be losing my sister just when we’re getting closer. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Though the Marine Corps put its bases in the South, he could never accustom himself to the sad fact that he was inevitably raising southern children. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat under a tree throughout the following day, thinking about this sad event, when she suddenly heard a bird in the branches above her. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, is she not lovely, though so sad! Her dress is well chosen, too, for in a week she weds Count Antonio, whom she passionately hates.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nobody to cry for him, and only the sky and the clouds and the trees were the witnesses of this sad event. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Aye, it is sad. But he kens the difference yet of right and wrong.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This place was so cold, so sad, I wondered how Miles managed to live here at all. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Grandma gives a great push and the child is in the world, a lovely girl with black curly hair and sad blue eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Amari could hear laughter of men on boats and slow, sad chants of slaves working in the rice fields nearby, finishing up their labors for the day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like there was just a sad vibe all around. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“But I’m also as sad as can be.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that is a very sad story,” Connor says, and pretends to look devastated. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Sad, sad. A business down the drain, unhappy young idealists stooping to forgery to get even.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all seemed remote now and out of place; it made me sad to think about it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Too sad a story to tell pitiful little growing girls, he say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Normal schools do fun things. We’ve been such a bunch of sad sacks lately. It’s my job as seventh-grade president to brighten things up a little.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But as she caught on to his meaning, a sad sort of warmth washed over her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When he looks sad it’s the worst thing in the world and I start crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

For a minute, I couldn’t remember what your voice sounded like when you said those things, and I was really sad. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Rubbing my eyes so the whites look a little red, slumping my shoulders, hanging my head, and poking my bottom lip out just the slightest bit so I look sad... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

To sad theme underwear shops where they wait for death. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Then, crying loudly to show how sad they were, they walked back to the house of one of them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Although I was sad to leave my friends in London, I was now embarking on what was to be the most unfamiliar part of my trip: military training. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But some were sad human stories, like what can happen to you when your parents are not there. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was odd, and sad, but I felt more alone with that sailor lying there than in all the time I’d been waiting for him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was surprised, and sad, that he seemed to remember that far back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was sad to see that Rufino was still the officer in charge. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me sad that I wasn’t there to hold her hand. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My grandmother laughs, her own voice sad and far away on the phone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

In the firelight, her eyes looked so sad, Leo couldn’t stand it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

From the sad look on their laces I know December 29 despite their brave guesses they have begun to accept what I said on a whim. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The place felt so sad and lonely, I was glad when Chiron put his hand on my shoulder and said, “Come along, Percy.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Edna looks more sad than angry, and I don’t know why. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was a sad sound just the same. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was fiercely sad to hear that my teacher might be gone when I returned home. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

How can I be sad, when she died in great joy? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mom looks good in hers, but just seeing it makes me sad. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The picture show, you know. Where this mulatto girl hates her mother cause she is black and ugly but then cries at the funeral. It was real sad. Everybody cries in it. Claudette Colbert too.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, I suspect that Julian’s cheery, Socratic indifference to matters of life and death kept him from feeling too sad about anything for very long. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But when I saw how hard these women’s lives were, I was confused and sad. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"I fear so, my lord. It is so sad. So grievous sad. And them so young and innocent." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I flick the lamp on instead, hoping the darkness will hide how sad the house is. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As sad as she felt about disturbing the last moments of Father Cham's life, she was anxious to get all of this underway. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“That’s like, the saddest thing I’ve ever heard! I didn’t even know you were in the war. I mean, Dad’s never talked about any of this.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then I realized that over Auggie’s face was a tiny yellow Post-it with a drawing of a sad face. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I listened for her to come charging out and yell at me, but instead she just kept talking to Chris in a sad pleading voice, trying to get him to drink the nectar. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I looked happy, and yet there was something so sad in my expression that the smile immediately faded from my lips. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She was quiet, and I wasn’t sure if she was mad or sad or both. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Alexandra said, “You saw of the death of Cousin Edgar’s boy. That was a mighty sad thing.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have journals full of sad poems, and they didn’t smile from ear to ear when Ivy taught them how to draw cute animals and glass girls. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But instead of finding sad and mournful people pondering all the ways that others annihilate themselves, Petey found the Rude boys lurking around the front of the cafe. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Is it grief for your lord father that makes you so sad?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s sad when you think of how much Abuela liked going to the beach and gardening outside.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I needed to be somewhere where people wouldn’t be sad, where the thoughts concerned life, not death. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bird sang a sad, clear song she had never heard before. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even the song of the crickets did not make Wilbur too sad. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Hate thinking about her there, laughing with those girls like she never sat on a rug with me in the corner of the library crying about our favorite sad part in a book. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Don’t look for some sad tale of the father figure I’m missing or how he left when blah, blah, blah. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

By this time the Indian fighting had become like dangerous cattle drives—the tribes were forced into revolt, driven and decimated, and the sad, sullen remnants settled on starvation lands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to take the sad song and make it better. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knew my mother had a whole sad side to her past, but it was always a surprise when I was reminded of it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her voice sounds hopeful, but her face is sad. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry too,” he said, and her heart sank, dripping in a sad, cold puddle to her feet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If She looked inside Matt, She would see the bad thoughts about Rosa and the doctor and be sad. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only I do feel sad sometimes,” he added, before they could stop him, “about the Queen of Flanders’ daughter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about Christmas and felt sad, recalling living in tent labor camps in Corcoran during that holiday and seeing families struggling to make ends meet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Watching Louisiana, Raymie felt her soul lifting up inside of her, even though the entire world was dark and sad and lit only by a single lightbulb. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Or a bunch of fake girls acting all sad and then putting lip gloss on in the bathroom and fixing their hair,” says Mirren. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But man, he looked sad, sitting there in the car with his briefcase bulging beside him and his new roll of fat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The boy was sad as he left her that day. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the dead man with his sad expression. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He shook his head, looking more sad than angry. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a Japanese loneliness, something she’d learned about from studying poems in school—just a sense that everything at that exact moment was kind of perfect, and yet also really sad. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was Tuesday, so both sad irons were heating on the stove and I’d covered the kitchen table with a clean blanket. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It made Conrad and me sad not to have him there. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears rolled down her face, but she still had on that sad sweet smile. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The poor fellow’s voice had grown sadder and sadder since the beginning of the conversation, and now he definitely began to snuffle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look around the room—so sad, so dull, so lifeless. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I guess I don’t want to live like a vegetable, then,” said Major Danby with a smile of sad resignation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the tumult of the last moment, the sad drunkards who carried them out of the house got the coffins mixed up and buried them in the wrong graves. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But I can tell you there’s always a sad story somewhere. Ah, well, times were more exciting a few hundred years ago.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Their sightless glass eyes made Penelope feel intensely observed, and the whole room gave her a sad and queasy sensation in her tummy. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I feel lighter, I think, freer—but sadder, too, and all of a sudden I just want to get home to Scott. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a sip of beer, said: “That’s pretty sad, man.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Isabella’s eyes are big and sad, and that makes me even angrier. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At hearing that voice I was sad for the Mexicans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was the look on her face, you know? When he said that. She just looked so sad.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Thomas was almost sad when the Gathering finally ended. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sad. Your father seems happy and I think he’ll make a good teacher. Those are some lucky kids who get to read The Great Gatsby with your dad. I’ll just miss the music.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the telegram that would transmit the sad news to the nation. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were amazing pictures, some silly, some serious, some sad and intense. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I felt flat, wiped out from the trial and everything, sad that my summer was over, and, because I wasn’t sure how he’d react, a little worried to go back home and face Dad. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was just another sad, lost, lonely soul, wasting his life on a glorified videogame. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes to find her staring at me with the saddest smile. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence that felt peaceful and heavy and weird and sad—pretty much everything but happy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It made him a little sad to think how many beans it would have bought for Mrs. Popper and the children. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The President Resigns On TV President Thieu looks sad and yellow; what has happened to his tan? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Finally she looked up, dazed and sad, and mouthed, safe. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote this in his e-mail to Ifemelu, how his mother s sadness with her job had also made him sad. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Nothing’s worse,” she says to me, her voice sad and low. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Vega’s music was making me sad even though I had been feeling all right before. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t understand how you can be so sure,” he said, and his eyes were sad again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"So much villainy, it sings a sad song for our age. Did honor die with our fathers?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

George had never seen her look so sad and helpless, not even when Uncle Cliff died. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

With all this sickness and movement and death, people got sad. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Sekani’s next to him, nodding along to whatever Daddy’s saying but looking sad. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for them, and even sadder for Bobby, after Collins received the letter warning him against forwarding anything, that conduit was cut off and the requests for contact drifted down into wastebasket oblivion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He took me there once,” Mama tells me in a strange, sad voice. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘Your friend is dead,” she said, her voice sad. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are big and black and very very sad. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to see his face, but I knew what it would look like: a kind of sad, wincey expression. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell her what the dream was about because it would make her sad, but I told Carla and she gave me a hug. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each week a steady stream of former students returned to his class, the sad flotsam of men and women who had tasted the other side of graduation and found it wanting. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just looked at her with his sad eyes, then, barely perceptibly, he nodded. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A scratchy Victrola was playing guitars and trumpets; a man sang sad Spanish words. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sad ones are those who waste their energy in trying to hold it back, for they can only feel bitterness in loss and no joy in gain. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Just very sad and very angry about Grandma’s passing.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I think there’s no question it’s sad,” Toby said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At dusk, he had slunk back home, feeling sad arid sorry for himself. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

So, yeah, kinda sad, I knew he was pretty much right. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“You were zoned out for a good five minutes. Why you look so sad?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was sad to leave, but I was also pleased to have met people outside of Sierra Leone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they were all thinking the same thing, wouldn't it be weird and sad if Mami did end up in Bellevue? How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There is a picture on the wall by the range of a man with long brown hair and sad eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They both watch me with sad, wary eyes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

No, I don’t mean no sad look—I mean some right out boo-hooing with tears running down my face. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sad that you aren’t in a band any- more? “ If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After my presentation, people said things like how they felt sad that girls don’t have rights in Pakistan—” I stop when Mr. Griffiths frowns. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She smiled a sad, sweet smile at me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They looked with dead eyes at Amari and her sad little procession. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now we’re about to graduate, and all I have to show for it is the saddest crush of the century. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

His memory of it was very clear and very sad. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoulders still drooped, and he still wore no shoes nor shirt, but he seemed a little less sad. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wondered what in the world Amanda Wilkinson had to feel sad about. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like I’m this sad, fat girl stepping on her heels. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He thought of several justifications for his letters, for he always felt a great need to write to his friend when he was bewildered or sad. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I have that impression; maybe it is because she does not seem sad or miserable or in any way unhappy. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I had known the day was coming, but I had tried not to think about it because it made me sad. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Me: I feel sad that things got weird with my friends. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had trouble conjuring up these thoughts, and when I finally ventured into these memories, I became so sad that the bones in my body started to ache. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The profound stillness that embraced all was its own sad and lonely sermon. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Well, says the driver, ’tis a sad day for the men of Ireland when they need a bird to tell them a man is dead. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I feel a deep connection or anything to him already, but the idea of watching anyone die makes me sick and sad and angry—and that’s why he’s asking. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Summer's howls were long and sad, full of grief and longing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The flickering light played over his face, but there was no play of expression in his strong features; he looked grim and sad. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you cry, your life will always be sad.’ The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sad when the roof was finished. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He had a cavernous mouth, cavernous cheeks, cavernous, sad, mildewed eyes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand to think about sad things that couldn’t be helped anymore, so I said, “Do you want to hear some more Gone with the Wind?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped he wasn’t sad and quiet like he was when we left Alabama three years ago. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe all the sad things ’neath the scars and burns and the pieces that were missing off of their kin were stories best not looked at too hard. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The Pigman looked so sad, and it didn’t seem like it was just because of our confession. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

But by the end of that night, he just looked sad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The archaeological record of island after island tells the same sad story. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to ever be that sad. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The way Caleb sang, loud and sad, I couldn’t tell if he was baying at them or if he wanted to be with them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’m sad and angry and a whole host of other feelings, but mostly I’m fighting very hard not to kill Bill. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But she would feel even more sad if it was someone from her school, regardless of the kid’s name. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dangling the kid by his armpits, snot faced and sad. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Lina didn’t really feel cold but she did feel sad, which was in a way the same. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s such a sad, strange sight that I have to stop. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe something had happened with him, something that made her sad and distrusting of haints. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“We all get sad. We all cry,” said Ben. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And I think it’s sad because Susan doesn’t look as happy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Dying,” Morrie suddenly said, “is only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is something else. So many of the people who come to visit me are unhappy.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She concluded that Amaroq tolerated her because she was young, had no gun, and was sad—a lost child. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner is when we watched It’s a Wonderful Life, and I started feeling more and more sad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And she was incredibly proud of Reiko’s father and so sad that he had died. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s kinda sad, what happened and everything, it feels happy too, that we have each other. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Now that I know he’s really gone, it feels different being up here—sadder and definitely more final. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She had been away from her mother the longest, and for her the trip had become wearisome and sad. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Why, he asked her gently, was she so sad, her eyes wet with tears? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me was sad to know that we would have to start keeping secrets from each other. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She isn’t a whole lot to look at, I’ll grant you, with her sad little eyes and wrinkled mouth she keeps shut, morning till night, while she does everybody’s hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t feel nothing but pity for this sad old man. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

His father gives him a slight, sad smile and turns away, holding the snake above his head, triumphant, before handing it off to an elderly sister. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Judging from their sad shape, the beanbag creatures had been sitting out here a long time—since the snow melted last spring at least. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"That's so sad," Patty said, reaching across the table for Sunny's hand. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But he also gave Gregor a sad smile that felt much more personal. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a very sad day for me—I had known her for so long, and she had taught me so much. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know what makes them sad or scared or happy. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

You could tell from Fritz’s face before he answered that he felt sad, and Marly felt everything inside of herself turning heavy and cold. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Michael. It does make me sad to talk about it, though. Maybe another time...” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“She said ...” I remembered her sad eyes, looking out over the sea. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The saddest part is that Ellis still pretends they have the perfect relationship Mom wants them to have. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

People will say it’s sad that she leaves a lesser scar, that fewer remember her, that she was loved deeply but not widely. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The cloth was soothing, but Irri seemed so sad, it frightened her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"I don't know whether to be happy or sad about it." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She laughed, hearing her own words, so inadequate and so unutterably sad. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she dies, it’s because she was too pure for this world, and too sad. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Or my even sadder crush on Jessie’s very slightly younger brother. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It was one of those moments when you’re waiting on someone to say something important or funny or just do anything to break you away from the sad thoughts that overwhelm your mind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They looked so sad, all huddled on top of one another, antennae twitching, claws rubber-banded together. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Do you think you help to make the world a better place when you cause a sad or crosspatchy person to smile? My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew he would find out about it sooner or later,” he said softly, looking very sad. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His hands and ankles were cuffed, his feet dragged along in a defeated shuffle, and his ocean-blue eyes, sadder than ever, focused only on the ground before him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looked very tired and sad, and even though his hair was still black and shiny it was thin and short. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she put it around my neck, she acted very stern, so I knew she was very sad. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me a little sad, too, as if my own family were two thousand miles, and not a twenty-minute drive, away. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tell me, if you can, a sadder irony than that St. Augustine, Florida—a city named for the black African saint who saved Catholicism from heresy—was recently the scene of bloody race riots. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dribbling out a sad intermittent trickle and groaning as though the process causes him torment. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Plenty of sad things happen to kids all the time. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Too sad to report the sighting to his coworkers, old men like himself no longer able to cut all day. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the few healthy businesses in town was the sad trade in divorces, handled quickly and easily in cold offices that had once been noisy saloons. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mister Brannon rubbed his nose and looked at her in a sad way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He used to dress up like a ginkgo tree for Halloween. That was his thing. I don’t know if that’s really awesome, or really sad.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe when everything seemed sad and miserable, Phoebe and I could both hope that something might start to go right. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Always a bad story. Always something very sad.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pause, waiting for my parents to disagree with me, but they only exchange sad glances. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The play had left him strangely sad, even though he knew it was supposed to have a happy ending. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

All sad feelings seemed now driven from the house, all gloomy associations forgotten: there was life everywhere, movement all day long. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to spend my last day wondering if people are being genuine when they throw sad words at me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was just getting more and more sad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her eyes fill, and I thought: These are probably the sad kind. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It’s not just his physical appearance: he's sadder, less friendly. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He had shrugged his hand free and walked away, strangely sad at the thought that she would end up with another stranger in her bed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s like he’s kind of sad. So it might be more like an inner journey.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I glanced at David, woebegone as always, but I knew he wasn’t sad at leaving Mr. Hull or at leaving China. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oddest, saddest expression flickered across his face. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He stroked his luxuriant white beard, infinitely sad, infinitely weary. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I felt sad, and I hated myself for it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Rosa sad all the time. No have any baby. She want for you to be hers.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I know how you feel. It’s okay to be really sad.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Howard’s friends stood on the hills and watched them go, shaking their heads at the sad sight of two athletes whose bodies had failed them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s okay to be sad that my family had to move. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been so happy or so sad for almost a decade. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at Peeta and he gives me a sad smile. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel wanted to cry—not because she was sad, but because it was such a relief to hear someone say the truth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And then Bertha was staring at the phone in her hand, and the silence on the other end felt heavy and sad there in that little kitchen. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Staring at that figure I painted, I realize there is something sad about the chain-saw artistry of Buddy Gui. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe he isn’t going to want to help someone so small and sad. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now there was nothing playful beneath the sad eyes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I felt strangely sad to leave the world of the Negro after having shared it so long—almost as though I were fleeing my share of his pain and heartache. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve talked to her twice since then, and she seems okay—sad, but okay. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s too quiet here without you. The house is so empty. Abu and I are sitting here being sad.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was the saddest smile I'd ever seen in my life. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Is it sad to think that she’s saying “mama” to someone else? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, sad as I am, even I have to smile at Mami. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It was a sad, pitiful, almost musical whine. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Merry saw many folk standing, looking up and muttering; all their faces were grey and sad, and some were afraid. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Others, of the older fishermen, looked at him and were sad. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope it’s the kind of second side that he can listen to whenever he drives alone and feel like he belongs to something whenever he’s sad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though I am sad and many days wish I am dead, my heart continues to beat with life. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the adults had seemed especially bleary, exhausted, and sad—except Milligan, who always looked that way—yet even so, there was a flicker of excitement, indeed of hope, in every eye. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That she was sad girls in Pakistan don’t have rights. And then another girl said we’re lucky we don’t live there.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Upon such occasions poor Mr. Woodhouse’s feelings were in sad warfare. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Drowning is bad enough, he reflected sourly, but drowning sad and sober, that’s too cruel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The thought made her sad, but not as sad as she might have expected. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Frustrated and sad and finished with the clocks, he finally returned to his room and tried to sleep. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“But sometimes things are so sad they get to be funny.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A heavy, sad feeling settles over me as I walk around the U and turn into the hallway where all the offices are. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Get in, boo'ful, 'n take me to Harlem . . ." I shook my head, feeling it heavy and sad. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it is a cause for celebration. Sometimes we will invite friends over and serve them hot drinks. We wish to reveal our new selves to them,” he said, smiling briefly, but still sad. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Over the last year, while Percy had been missing, the gray streaks had finally disappeared from both of them, which made Annabeth sad and a little worried. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sad lute music began again as the sky on the stage lightened. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the story made Momma and Joey get all sad and sobby it was kind of funny to me and By. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up wells a wail from inside Rosemary, cracking her jaw open, wider and louder than any human cry I've ever heard ever, rising like a police siren, but much slower and so much sadder. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want my father to be sad, but at least when he was sad, I knew he was remembering my mother. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But Pittsburgh was gray and sad, the sun nonexistent and the clouds fluffy with unshed snow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But the amazing thing was that it wasn’t a bad sad at all. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up and down the benches at all the faces happy and sad, and wondered who would be missing next year and the year after. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One of these years, the gifts are going to run out and that will be a very sad birthday indeed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It only made her sad that he never, as he had promised, came to take her away, and that while she was growing up she saw him so seldom. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And even though they are moving away from the nest, away from the eaglet’s cries, somehow they feel louder, sharper, sadder. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The three of them seemed to belong to another, sadder life. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

There is something about a dying forest that’s sad, no matter how many times I reassure myself that it will come alive again in spring. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

That was the question that made them all uncertain and sad. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

And the sad thing was, she let it happen right in front of the church. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The happy and sad are like two hands clasped together. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It is sad when I think how happy I felt when I was plowing the field. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He is clearly wearing shorts, and his bony legs seem almost skeletal while the smooth profile of his face conveys a detached and sad expression. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She said this gently, and as if the thought made her a little sad. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m very sad, disappointed and, at certain times, frustrated by this decision. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s hard not to feel lonely sometimes, and sad. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“No,” Mark said, and he sounded somewhere between sad and furious. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When something is sad, we don’t hide our tears from each other. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That one sad picture hanging on the closet. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then again, I don’t know if it’s sadder to die alone or in the company of someone who not only doesn’t mean anything to you, but also probably doesn’t care much for you either. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When she saw Sierra and Robbie coming down the dune, she offered the saddest, most genuine smile Sierra had ever seen on her mom. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“But it’s sad that it will be lost,” I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Otis laughed and strummed his guitar, and the flavor of the Littmus Lozenge opened in my mouth like a flower blooming, all sweet and sad. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I guess our lives had gotten pretty sad if Dad’s idea of fun was running errands. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She could see that Matt was trying to look sad for her benefit, but it was difficult for a boy whose temperament was so merry. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moose had the saddest eyes of anyone she had ever seen. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Chiron was still studying me, his eyes sad. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was one of the saddest hours in their lives. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m not. It’s just too sad, Dante. And you know what? I’m like him, I think.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Jake finally turns to look at me, wearing that same sad smile, but a part of him is still focusing on something in the distance. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The old man could not know that he was giving Blanca something that would later be her only means of survival, as well as her sole comfort in the sad hours to come. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was sullen and sad, her lined lips compressed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He’d never been near a Recruiter who wasn’t smiling, and certainly not one who looked inconsolably sad. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth look mad around her mouth and scared in her eyes and sad in the way she set in the chair. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It made Finn a little sad that every answer made the crash sound less and less interesting. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Shears didn’t want to live in the same house as Mrs. Shears anymore so he probably hated her and he might have come back and killed her dog to make her sad. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I got done with the last couple pages I couldn’t believe how sad it was. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a sad sort of clanging From the clock in the hall And the bells in the steeple too. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pearl was the last one out, telling the Reverend how much she enjoyed his sermon, how sad she was at having to miss his afternoon teachings. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was a good one. Kind of sad, though, but kind of not at the same time.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I have to know. Wait. Is it sad? I don’t want to know if it’s sad.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sad singing started again and they sang the same sad verse twice. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I dream it is Father she’s marrying and I get mixed up and sad. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time I notice how sad he looks when he talks about the Erudite. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, after unfolding the sad tale of Methuselah, the Abbot also took his leave. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’d draw them—sad and shriveled with barely a spot of color. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Wow. Samantha is wasting her time at that sad excuse of a coffee shop. She can be the Hermione in our trio. Dibs on Harry.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There was something sad yet endearing about the image. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He turned sad eyes on me, kneeled, and hugged me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“This is Mr. Huffer,” he said, and even though I couldn’t see him I could tell he was in his sad pose. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But then, next thing we knew, the little house right down the road from us turned up with a funeral arch made of braided palm fronds and flowers and sad, sad faces in the yard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how can I not take pity on those sad eyes? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In that way, even when I was sad and afraid, I kept it in mind that the Holy People would not forget me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stay like that for a while, reading Daddy’s words together until some of the sad disappears. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

It was too sad, so I swung the binoculars toward the Viking Drive-in. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You can go ahead and get that sad look off your face. I’m not changing my mind.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The stuffed animals on the dresser make me sad. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I thought, making a sad joke with myself. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying not to think how sad and lost we really were. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was sad to hear it feeling blue like Janie was. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It’s a tangle of brown sheets, one lone swirl of a Mexican blanket, a sad flat pillow in a faded pillowcase. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"We lost the game," the judge explained, staring at Turtle, her face a mask of sad, childlike innocence as she nestled once again in Flora Baumbach's arms. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it wasn't too important, but it made me sad anyway. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Of course, I would be terribly sad. Just like you would be sad if your mother stopped making her delicious guava pastries.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Our house without us, and without Mom and without Rocket, and really, really sad...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Did something bad happen? To make you so sad?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be sad, be glad. It’s still coming.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I feel tears well in my eyes, but they aren’t like happy tears, or even sad tears. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He could be sad, then smile and nod to the clapping; whereas she had sunk with genuine weakness to the floor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Else we would long ago have wiped out guilt, and the world would not be filled with sad, punished people.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then he sees a stiff blind horse and thinks it’s the saddest thing he’s ever seen. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“The sad part is, there are thousands of Boobies all over this world,” said Gaines. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not easy to miss. When you feel sad, you look sad.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the way he had felt when he first heard that he had killed himself was not sad—it was angry. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But, you see, Jo wasn’t a heroine, she was only a struggling human girl like hundreds of others, and she just acted out her nature, being sad, cross, listless, or energetic, as the mood suggested. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were soft and irisless and brown, and suddenly I saw Roskus watching me from behind all his whitefolks’ claptrap of uniforms and politics and Harvard manner, diffident, secret, inarticulate and sad. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell she had been crying, not because she was sad, but because she was as exalted as I was. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The preacher’s face was black and sad and earnest and made him feel a sense of guilt deeper than that which even his murder of Mary had made him feel. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he stomped onto the bus I looked at him and he didn’t look much different than me, so I closed my eyes because it was too sad. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He himself looked so sad and dark as he spoke that no one made any reply, and after a few moments all six rabbits made their way up the slope in silence. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, it feels sad to cut off all those years. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That quite won me, Mina, for it was brave and sweet of him, and noble, too, to a rival—wasn’t it?—and he so sad; so I leant over and kissed him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth stay worried and sad looking when she look at Biddy. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And when you’ve been with someone for a long time and they leave you, the saddest part is turning off the lights. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Hmm...A sad man looking out the window as it rains...lamenting a time at the train station. Yeah, that’s it.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his stomach in a wood one day, with what sad thoughts nobody knows, when a lady archer came by, who was hunting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even sadder this time. as a child, i smelled the air Mama takes her coffee out to the front porch sips it slow. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was long and skinny as a heron, with black eyes in a face that looked sad, kindly, hungry, and cold. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s nothing to be sad over. Transferring from Holcomb to Garden City High. Lots more boys—” Bonnie Jean said, “You don’t understand. Daddy’s taking us away. To Nebraska.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt extremely sad being in that room. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

To see who is making such a sad sound. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

So he walked back home, so very sad. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Yet everything was falling into place to benefit the Ortegas, except for Dorotea, who must be sad too. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure I realized he could be sad. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If we didn’t name the car, we didn’t feel as sad when we had to abandon it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was very beautiful, sad music, which was how Raymie knew that it was probably Chopin and that it was probably the janitor playing it. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

If this were even just a few months ago, I’d be sad to see him like this, but now I don’t really care. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She would be ten on her next name day, and she was the saddest child that Maester Cressen had ever known. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m not going to waste my time being sad about it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was something inexpressibly sad in his eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got a good eye for a crowd, boy. This one’s ripe for a sad song. Still planning on doing ‘Savien’?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s sad because he lost his job, Saida, Maisha says to her sister, and then we’re all quiet, ’cause that is sad. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“When I was a boy, I used to wake up thinking that the world was ending. I’d get up and look in the mirror and my eyes were sad.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

His smile was sad when he said, “We had a war, didn’t we?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So he found ways to make himself sad so that his tears could make him rich. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And sometimes I feel sad that they have what I don’t: one another. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Fang was smirking, a sad, knowing smirk, his big pointy teeth refusing to be contained. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He wasn't particularly tough or loud or funny or sad or weird or even smelly. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

And to top it all off, he was trying hard to be sympathetic to me, his pretty normal, now really sad homeboy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Knowing that a grown man entered a child’s bedroom stealing his innocence, makes me sad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He thought it funny, sweet and a little sad. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay, no need to be sad,” I said, and we both laughed a bit. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She would look at me and we’d share a smile, but almost immediately she’d get that sad expression again and turn away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Where I was pretending to be sad before, there is genuine sadness now. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When I think about Ruth now, of course, I feel sad she’s gone; but I also feel really grateful for that period we had at the end. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of sad, but I guess some way or another we both made it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ana’s eyes were a little sad as she looked at him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She gave her father a sad, pathetic laugh. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What was that word you said? The word that meant sad?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He touched her shoulder lightly as he left and there was something in his eyes, something both tender and sad, that made her tell herself that she had been wrong to sense reluctance from him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could hear that she was happy and sad, even with my sisters yelping and Johnny Mathis caroling. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

For a moment or two he looked very sad, and said in a sort of far-away voice, as though saying it rather to himself than to me:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, Simone. We’re proud of you. You don’t need to be sad about this. You have a fresh opportunity here. This is really okay.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Voices at home at last punctured sad confusion. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she let her hand fall, and the light faded, and suddenly she laughed again, and lo! she was shrunken: a slender elf-woman, clad in simple white, whose gentle voice was soft and sad. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“At least he can go back and forth to his country. Not like us; we can’t ever go to Cuba again. Isn’t that sad?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It made me sad to see that the dog was dead. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The most popular attraction after the Eiffel Tower, sad to say, was a human zoo of four hundred Africans. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But how could his fate be anything but sad? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It must be hard. I mean, I’m sad about it and I didn’t really know him.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

People came to her lonely, grieving, sad for no reason, and left buoyed, their anxieties eased. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Ah! poor Miss Taylor! ’Tis a sad business.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Lots of times I’d cry myself to sleep, but more and more I felt myself thinking of the Pigman whenever I felt sad. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you could bring me an armband,” Isabella says, like she knows I’m feeling kind of sad. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

One very sad thing for all us code talkers happened on Cape Torokina. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how can I be free when my mind is all worried about Papi and my whole self is so sad, I can barely get up some mornings? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

At the wedding feast that followed her face was the saddest any of the Aesir had ever seen. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He had a sad smile that never went away. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Biddy,” said I, “I think you might have written to me about these sad matters.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked sad; his rectangular lips seemed to sag. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you understand, Crow?” he said, his voice so sad, so tender, that I couldn’t breathe. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Marguerite’s is a story well suited for a book of sad romance, I think, remembering how I used to relish such tales. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She looked at him with big, sad eyes, but her hand stayed in the air. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A lot of colored thought of Kennedy as a real friend and were sad to see him cut short. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives me this sad smile as she passes, like somebody does when you’re in mourning. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t just hate the other kids for being sad, for believing that the sorrow belonged to them, somehow, when you were never theirs to begin with. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As Ignatius was considering the delight which the little baseball game afforded humanity, the two sad and covetous eyes moved toward him through the crowd like torpedoes zeroing in on a great woolly tanker. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the teachers who had been around a long time, seeing Mr. Larson become less and less professional about his teaching had been especially sad, because they remembered the old Karl Larson. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Frank managed a sad sort of smile that reminded me why they were here. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I laugh, but I’m sad on the inside. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

One of the sad dispirited slaves said that freedom lay only in death. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he would be so sad to lose his home,” she said. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Robin’s eyes were kind, but also a little sad, and Ivy couldn’t make sense of them. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I blew some hot air on the window and drew a sad face with my finger. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Academic to me then, the sad fate of the creature. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Kapugen had said that with one sniff a wolf knew if you were male or female, adult or child, if you were hunting or not hunting—even if you were happy or sad. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung looked at the doctor in silence and in sad understanding. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“What do you have to be sad about, niña?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

There she was, a spectral figure illuminated by a sad, wavering light. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Color Purple is pretty much the saddest book you could ever read, man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She looks so sad and thin, wearing a black coat that belonged to Tía Laura that seems too big on her, even though she’s the same size as my aunt, or used to be. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

They are not locked into their usual the-world-is-beneath-me sneer, but hang on his face like melting cheese, creating the illusion that he is an actual human being and a sad one, at that. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Light from the inside streamed out of these cracks, making the hogan look like a sad jack-o’-lantern. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The words were strange, the tune was soft and sad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Your papa brought you here. And I know how sad the Grassos would be if you left. Especially that trottolino Tony.” I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

She saw this, but she was not sad. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we could be alone, together—to be happy or sad. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I was sad and lonely, but I still hadn’t thought through what was causing it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of her mother’s sad eyes and faded beauty. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the ride back to the ranch in the late afternoon Tom was depressed and sad. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The coughing was the saddest sound that Edward had ever heard, sadder even than the mournful call of the whippoorwill. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

When Akira was only a baby, Mama had said, “He was born sad.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. She’s gone. She was such a good friend, too. I’m really sad. Are you as sad as I am?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Let’s hope the ride will soon be over. sadder BUTWiSER.Some people are sadder but wiser after hearing a word to the wise. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days—that was sad. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s very sad, yes. He’s been looking for a bride the last few years but hasn’t found anyone suitable.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Winnie’s shyness returned at once when she saw the big man with his sad face and baggy trousers, but as he gazed at her, the warm, pleasing feeling spread through her again. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat back with a sigh of relief, yet once the passengers were aboard and the bus under way again, I felt sad and utterly alone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, “I’m sad to say that Eddie stayed for dinner.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sad truth of this story is that Abbas was truly and completely ruined. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They had seen continuous change and were accustomed to it, but here it seemed shocking and sad. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being with her the other day was beautiful and sad, all at the same dang time. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I look up at Rondell, his face concerned and so sad. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His sad brown eyes stare back at me, and I reach out, picking him up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. Can’t you call your mom and tell her we need more time with Rocket? Like, hours? Tell her he’s really sad and missed us, and he needs us a lot!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was all this changing that made her sad. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wants me to feel better and not be sad. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I thought hard and put on a sad expression, the face people would expect to see on a girl whose parents had been killed just thirty-six hours before. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I was so worried about Mom, and sad about losing Nan, that I didn’t know who I wanted to be in middle school. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He also mentioned counseling a guard who had put his finger on a sad truth that priests seem to understand better than doctors or social workers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Past my house, sad and red and crumbly in places, past Mr. Benny’s grocery on the corner, and down the avenue which is dangerous. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not really as sad about that as it may seem,” Kehler said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But I think she’d still be sad—she tries not to let me see, but I know she cries every time we do the exchange thing. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I hate you being sad, but think how happy I’ll be with April, Mama, Papa, and Big Mama. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that made Jesus sad, Ma never said. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might have been the word Bye, but it also might have just been a tiny, sad little noise escaping from Franny’s mom’s throat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You seemed like you needed a sad day,” I told her, through the pinch of the hug. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Grover seemed to be singing his sad song forever, but she thought she could hear now that he wasn’t really sad. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after she’s buckled in, she puts her hands on both sides of my face and says, “You are sad.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Yellow blooms had appeared on a cactus, and for some reason that made me incredibly sad. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Who could blame the slaves their sad comportment with that corpse twisting on a hook outside? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

If he could have felt sad, simply sad, it would have relieved him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something sad and solitary about the sketch and I wondered if that’s the way he saw the world or if that’s the way he saw ray world. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

So I was left standing there, a sad little boy holding tight against my chest the thin blanket in which my few belongings were tied. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sad for Phoebe and her parents and Prudence and Mike, sad for the leaves that were dying, and sad for myself, for something I had lost. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Standing before him, I realized for the first time how hunched his shoulders were, and he seemed suddenly sad and kind of old. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And to this day, you have never asked one of us if we were tired, or sad, or wanted a cup of coffee. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played a ballad, then a light, quick drinking song, then a slow, sad melody in a language that I didn’t recognize but suspected might be Yllish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I think he feels sad when he looks at them.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With a sad smile he took another apricot and bit into it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Seamus says a man in his pub knew all the verses of the highwayman poem and it has a very sad end. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I noted, not for the first time lately, how well he looked, how his stiff sad manner had relaxed into a more natural one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He chomps on his sad excuse for a pastry. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Now they rotted quietly, neglected, sad, but filled with mysterious memories. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m guessing it’s bad news, because her face gets worried and sort of sad. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Although Papa did not smile at her—he looked too sad to smile—I wished I had thought to say that, before Mama did. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, Zola sighs and pauses, contipilating the sad situation. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

It is a sad suicidal course our species seems to have taken. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m a private person. And my friend just died. I’m sad and I’m trying to deal with it. Is that all right with you?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She looked so sad all of a sudden, and Joaquin wanted to take the sadness away. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

People get too old to care for a place, their family writes them off for one reason or another—it’s sad, but it happens. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then she starts talking real soft and sad. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her brow was furrowed and her eyes were sad until she caught me, finally looking, and she smiled. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had his hair cut short, cropped above his ears, and the drawing was in pencil so you couldn’t tell what color his eyes were, but they were dark, and wide, and sad. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He hiked back to the glass tower to deliver the other slice to sad Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I picked up the sad, tattered souvenir, hearing her wails in my head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In a way, too, that made pain come to my throat because they were gay and sad also. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was nervous for her, and sad for me. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I saw my former roommates, Seanie and JP, waiting in line for pictures, and it made me feel good to see my old friends, but sad, too, because I missed rooming with them. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

So Jessie went up to her room and did what she always did when she was upset or angry or sad or confused. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I was lonely and sad and isolated and terrified. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I get sad, too, because I think that the one girl will probably end up like my aunt Rebecca, and the one boy will probably end up like his dad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then Grandma said in a sad voice, “I love you, children, and I am doing my best.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It had been the country of trial by ordeal with red-hot irons, of the Law of Englishry, and of the sad, wordless song of Morfa-Rhuddlan. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had an odd smile on her face, and Joaquin couldn’t tell if she was happy or sad. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The Cold Sassy Weekly said it was “one of the saddest deaths that has ever grieved the people of Jackson County, because Mrs. Blakeslee was so beloved by so many.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My mother watches me silently; I know she counts the days; every morning she is sad. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As FOR his deliverer — we turn now to her story, which curls from this sad truth: that as much as Ralph, growing up, should have been her, she should have been him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s face fell into a sad frown. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Ayesha and I exchange sad, knowing looks that don’t need words. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

While everything burned to flat black ash, we wouldn’t be sad because we’d be in this new place. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“They sure looked scared. And sad. I felt real bad for ’em.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He limped about, looking soft and sad, and soon all John’s sympathy was given to this violent and unhappy woman. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Carl who is nice to everyone said that he felt very sad, but could never kill himself because it is a sin. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I landed on blue, for sad, the card might read: When do you feel sad? Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When I came to my cabin after trying to help Charley in his travail, Robbie was tying a trouble light to the iron frame of my sad bed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were a sad, rushed bunch these days. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Rashid couldn’t speak as he pictured the dark-haired girl with the olive skin and sad eyes pointing a gun at her head. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The idea of Abuela having to drive home with a car full of gifts made me so sad I wanted to cry, or hit something. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It made me sad to walk through those broken towns. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an apology: he was sad to leave Theo, but he is glad that he has, for the sake of his art. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The words would have made most creatures quite sad, but as you know, robots don’t feel emotions, and in these moments that was probably for the best. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Liyana thought she was sadder about the blue plate than the toilet. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even the sad case of the fairest of the nymphs, Echo, did not move him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The donut cake was so delicious that for a second I forgot it was still a sad day. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

One of the saddest messages we code talkers ever received came on April 12, 1945. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I think I read about that online. They suffocated, right? Pretty sad." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But in the end the eyes of Teresa and Cynthia were filled with tears, and Martin and Timothy looked sad. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It feels somehow epic and fragile, and I want the night to last forever, and knowing it can’t already has me sad. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Sad, sad” was all that Mr. Levy answered. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To which he smiled a sad sort of smile as he replied:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The only kid he knew who’d had to comfort his crying mother when he was only four, and sad himself. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t sad, it would have been funny. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"Oh, Mrs. Mole!" the nurse said in a sad voice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Clary’s dark brown eyes seemed to grow deeper and sadder. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The big house on the corner was sadder and older than I had remembered, and looked absurd, with its architectural eccentricities, its pretensions to French style, its facade covered with diseased ivy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Reverend, that is indeed sad, but what does that have to do with my carnival?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was strange how everything had been so full of life and funny and in a way sad, and now everything was quiet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Small men who looked lost and sad. Not monsters at all.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The saddest part of his drama was that Remedios the Beauty did not notice him, not even when he appeared in church dressed like a prince. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’m sad now, the way we’re talking is infinitely sad: faded music, faded paper flowers, worn satin, an echo of an echo. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to lose sight of him, but I could pick out my uncle among the rows of soldiers in those sad green uniforms. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I mumbled something about trying harder, while Mr. Brunner took one long sad look at the stele, like hed been at this girl’s funeral. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There it was again, that mysterious smile, sad and supercilious at the same time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Something in his voice sounds profoundly sad, but Bailey is still distracted by his ghostlike appearance. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"He make the good things, and on the Easter we be sad because somebody makes him dead today." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

This was the saddest letter of them all. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I had never felt so happy and sad at the same time before. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

It made her sad to empty the sack. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped suddenly, the fire bouncing over the planes of his face, something so sad it hurt to look in his eyes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I felt happy and sad at the same time. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The sad priests dusted out their curly beards with goldringed fingers as though hidden spiders had spun sudden cobwebs in them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice is bright, but his eyes are faraway and sad. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m not alone. I have a boyfriend, I have wonderful friends. I inherited this house when our parents died and remodeled it a little. I’m so not alone—please don’t be sad for me.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He put on his orange Racal space suit and opened up the monkeys under the necropsy tent, feeling frustrated and sad, especially when all the monkeys turned out to be healthy. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me extra sad that I wasn’t allowed to participate. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story droned on, speeded up for the attack, grew sad over the wounds, struck a dirge at the burials on the great plains. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sad smile, she leaves the room, and doesn’t close the door behind her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps she is sad about giving up her goldfish,” Ba said as he shook his head. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It's this big, falling-apart place with a bunch of apartments, and it looks sad and smells like fish and sour milk. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Because Billy never . . Albert sighed. “It’s that blank piece of paper that makes me the saddest of all.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And for once, Ophie, exhausted and somehow both happy and sad at the same time, agreed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The thought that they would have to go home was the first sad thought of the afternoon, and the moment it was in their minds the Laughing Gas went out of them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“How sad Jesus would be to hear such an un-Christian sentiment.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Dad just looked down at me with the saddest look in his eyes. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, it’s sad, very sad that the old adage has been confirmed for the umpteenth time: “What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does reflects on all Jews.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His face was crooked, yes, but sad, like the reflection in a cracked mirror. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In another part of that chief’s lands there were other people who also felt sad. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I moved a finger and the chord went minor in a way that always sounded to me as if the lute were saying sad. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I know you’re sad you couldn’t bring your cupcakes today, but why don’t you get Marcus something from the vending machine?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Something sad, not like organs in churches can make another kind of sound other than a sad one. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But somehow that had made her look sadder. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon regarded them pityingly, shaking his head, a sad and dismal smile on his lips. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fewer than a dozen shields remained, sad grey things with faded paint and long cracks in the wood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And all I want is two wheels, thought sad and lonely Ralph. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“She was never particularly bright, so I shouldn’t be sad,” she said thoughtfully, and Amaka laughed and said, “Mom!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Listening to Pinch, her annoying brother, who didn’t seem sad at all, she wondered why Neewo was taken and Pinch left behind. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Dad gave me this sad smile and said, “I think she needs space right now,” which seemed to be his answer for everything Mom-related these days. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The deer quietly slumped over onto his side, with his glossy brown eye wide open to the sun and pink foam collecting around his sad, quivering mouth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say it out loud or we will be in trouble. I am lucky to be alive at all. I feel sad Geak did not get her meat.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music was slow and deep and sad. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Dismay looked at me with the saddest dog eyes I had ever seen. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was feeling sad as usual, but he was also feeling uncomfortable, because he was missing something. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reading about it day after day made me sad. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But at school one of his teachers had said, “Christmas is the time to think about people who are lonely. For somebody living all alone, Christmas can be the saddest time of the year.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But my father seemed sad too, and it was up to me to cheer him up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Lucy was a real gem. She had a kind, open heart. We were so sad to see her go.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

These people not only look at me, but they give me a pitifully sad smile when I make eye contact with them. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Yeah, me too, says Saida, 'cause my dad is sad a lot too. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She just noticed that I looked very sad today, and she didn’t think it was my friends leaving because I looked okay yesterday when I came back from sledding. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even my own hair is longing for her thick fingers in my scalp—the way she would part and grease and braid and hum and tell sad or funny stories. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“A girl who dressed up like a boy to take the black. Her song is sad and pretty. What happened to her wasn’t.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dryver is the perfect Dolly, and it was impossible for Lucy with her thick, pale legs and flat hair not to look sad in comparison. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Kate’s flashlight beam passed over the bell, hanging silent and still, then fell upon a very sad face. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I remember she looked really sad then, I send. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was the saddest duty he had ever performed, Wood said, and he had never lost his respect for the fighting qualities of the Nez Perces. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a sad, birdlike man with the spatulate face and scrubbed, tapering features of a well-groomed rat. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s very sad that you’ve got to go home. I never enjoyed an afternoon so much—did you?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

But I don’t want to end on a sad note. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A sound I knew wouldn’t sound any less sad over the years. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But Roger noticed, with the sad, voiceless envy of the unchanging dead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her face was blotchy and her jaw clenched, like she couldn’t figure out if she was sad or angry. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She turned back to the keys, tapped out a very sad, slow version of “How Soon Is Now?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Isles was old, and told sad but fascinating stories. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe my own brother would be so horrible to me. After everything I’ve done for him. It makes me so sad.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A tearful woman told columnist Teresa Dean, “The good-by is as sad as any I have known in all the years that I have lived.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Man, I couldn’t stand seeing my mom so sad. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t sound sad at all but quite nice and rather funny. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I should be happy about that, but it’s not a happy or sad feeling. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At the very top was a school photo of a young girl with a distinctly sad smile. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the buffet table, he saw a young man looking with sad disappointment at the cold cuts and pastas. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But how can a good thing suddenly feel so sad? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Man, everybody cried. Momma was crying, Dad was scared—he cried too. That was some real scary stuff. That was some real sad stuff.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dressed in his prison whites, Myers once again appeared small and sad to me as he climbed up onto the witness stand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of sad just to think about it.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, she looked more sad than angry. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

With this sad prediction the owl stepped through his doorway, spread his great wings and was gone, soaring silently downward into the shadowy woods below. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He walked by the sad little garden and all around the house—not a new house any more. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about how sad Grandmère was when she told the story. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They stumble into their parents’ room, uncomprehending, embarrassed at the sight of their parents’ tears, feeling only slightly sad. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Missing him makes me sad...but at least there are lots of good memories, too. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I’m both happy and sad to hear this. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Heaven sent slumber in an endless tide submerging my sad heart among the leaves. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made Piper feel sad, disoriented, homesick and annoyed all at once. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s sad, it’s the legacy of being a defeated people. We lost the Biafran war and learned to be ashamed.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was in the crowd that was witnessing the sad spectacle of the man who had been turned into a snake for having disobeyed his parents. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He took Nellie, eleven, and Howard, eight, and embarked with all three children on a strange and sad journey. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I read through the letter several times, feeling suddenly very sad and tired. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s in that wind out over the sea that’s bringin’ with it loss and wreck, and sore distress, and sad hearts. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hazel saw herself growing up—her hair became longer, her eyes sadder. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, if you think about it, but it’s sad. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clung to me and, for an instant, I to her with a feeling immeasurably sad. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I remember how sad I was when I had to get fired from the bakery and go away. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nate stood there under the cherry tree, his mind swirling with sad memories. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The hand tossed the great pearl back in the tray, the forefinger poked and insulted it, and on the dealer’s face there came a sad and contemptuous smile. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing Ruth there, alone under the tarp, waiting, just sort of staring out at the bustle on the deck, made me feel really sad for her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

If I can make you frown, I can make you sad. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gibbs let out a soft, sad chuckle. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That guy’s more appealing in a wheelchair than I am able- bodied. How sad is that?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Good,” Ben says, and his Noise goes warm and sad. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Horace’s dad walked off as stoop shouldered and sad as Pa looked when he left for the barn after I’d been hurt. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to leave him alone because when I am sad I want to be left alone. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She found it sad that their legacy had been reduced to a field of rubble and a small modern town with an olive-oil museum. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t really tell if she was happy or sad, but it was enough just to see her and know that she was there. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me sad that this horrible murder moved the Freedom Writers’ story to the back cover, while Jeremy’s got the front page. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I know how sad it makes them. I don’t like to tell them how bad I feel. Or how scared I am. I don’t want to do that to them. Do you understand?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Entering the house slowly, he put on a sad, mournful expression. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The saddest story was the one about the scout who came down from the Toledo Mud Hens. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Beauty returned to her husband full of grief, and noticed he wasn't sad. She discovered he'd troubled the skies over Orléans to lure her back, so she left him." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Julia will be sad when she sees that Isabella and I dressed up. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He sounded so sad that I was sorry I’d said anything. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They had not come for Christmas and my mother was sad and worried. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the fence, the old drunk was moaning a melody that Princesse had never heard him sing before, a sad longing tune that reminded her of the wail of the conch shell. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

As my feet sunk into the mud and sad, yellowed grass, I had my first good look around. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“When I tell him about school—or even how our grandpa and grandma took me in, he sounds—I don’t know. Happy for me but also, sad. Maybe jealous.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even on the sad days, all those pictures gave a feeling that was missing in Mr. O’Doyle’s house. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It got me a little sad, and I was just about to go back to our hooch when all of a sudden, there we were, on television. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it made me so sad because it was like you didn’t really need me at all. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was like she was pained and sad and furious all at the same time. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But she soon settled down and was lively and talkative—as if to distract us from the sad mission we were on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like Herman E. Calloway could make it so you just wanted to sit and watch your hands with a sad look on your face. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they were more afraid this time than sad. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The hope that some final fantasy will come to pass that will make everything sad untrue. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes things are too big for cheering up. Sometimes the best way to make things better is just to let yourself be sad for a little bit.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And Wang Lung said sadly, although why he was sad he did not know, “Well, and if it must be so, let it be so, if she cannot nurse her own child.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Eight years ago, when I first met Siobhan, she showed me this picture and I knew that it meant “sad,” which is what I felt when I found the dead dog. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And soon you have an endless line of sad thoughts chewing at your heart. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I know, baby,” Grandma said, her expression sad. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Now, don’t let yourself go to the sad place for too long. Folks sometimes plop themselves right in the middle of it and get real comfortable.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I drew myself as a sad turtle with its head pulled halfway into its shell as it stood waiting for the bus. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never been outside of West Virginia. Isn’t that sad? How about you?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches over and turns down the volume, which is annoying but also parental, and it feels good to have her be annoying instead of worried and sad. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m a mix of sad and mad when I see Mama pull up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

There was a joy about the tune that changed the meaning of its sad lyrics. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me sad, my father’s ceaseless worrying. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leo didn’t usually think of the ukulele as a sad instrument. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Thoughts of doctors’ offices, hospital beds, nurses with kind voices and sad eyes, cheerful cards from classroom friends. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He looked lost and afraid and sad and tired and I hated that, because he was such a kind and good man. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Of all the birds her song is sweetest because it is saddest. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It does seem suspicious. And sad, don’t you think? These magical scenes that no one will ever know more about.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

This image seemed too sad to be true—it all struck me as so lonely and so very unMargo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Imagine his feelings when, at four in the afternoon, the solemn, sad whispers in the house were replaced by loud, joyous shouts. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cook’s expression went sad, as though she were seeing through time back to those days, before she shook herself back to the present. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Out of the formless stream of sad but horrible sounds, strings of words would now and again shape themselves: grim, hard, cold words, heartless and miserable. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Delsie. Why do you want to talk about all that? There’s no reason to stir up sad things.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was just that she was away from the ocean, the salt water with its tides and turbulence, that made her sad. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother looked at me then real sad, but with a weird half smile. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But when he speaks, his voice has a sad tinge to it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In the harsh afternoon light they seemed to me tacky and sad. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some low, sad thing that's meant to conjure angels out of the concrete. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You have to snap out of it! I know you're sad.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She turns down the radio, cool jazz, and looks me over, hands on her hips, eyes sad and friendly. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, who wouldn’t be sad living with T. Ray?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second that got me laughing so hard I almost forgot it was a sad day. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And what was so sad, I realized, was that Canada had become a pitiful fantasy. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I miss a phone call, I go off to be sad by myself. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

And he looked so sad that you felt he had either just been weeping or was just going to. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Marly knew it was sad for Joe, but she couldn’t help being pleased by the flabbergasted look on his face. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

With a sad look, he said sorry and went back into his house. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

A look passed between them; him sad, her defiant. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Despite Fathers words, he seemed as sad as I was the next day when we left the Company. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Lauren stormed out, Maya realized that she hadn’t left anything behind, and what used to feel like a victory now felt like a sad, hollow loss. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I felt sad that I was growing up in South Africa, where I would probably never get the chance to realise my fullest potential in the game. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has mood swings: he is very sad some days, low, tired, angry. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was odd, but she looked more sad than scared. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I know how much you love Sir Fig Newton. And how hurt and sad you must be feeling right now, Mira, but...” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

At the grey tea hour there were always rooms that throbbed incessantly with this low sweet fever, while fresh faces drifted here and there like rose petals blown by the sad horns around the floor. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It rose above the wind, and it was the saddest sound Barry had ever heard. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

She guessed the bird wasn’t lonely because it was already sad when she bought it out of a flock of others. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sad news met her at at Vevay, for the heat had driven them from Nice in May, and they had travelled slowly to Switzerland, by way of Genoa and the Italian lakes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man sounded sad, as if he were personally responsible for her life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was so frightened to hear them talking to me that way and to see their drawn and sad faces, and I knew things would be different from now on. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and tried to look sad and weak. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her expression was sad, as if she’d been dreading this moment. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Joe gave Benny what I assumed was his sad puppy dog face. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It was Mother’s Day, which had always been a sad day for Deborah, and this one hadn’t started well. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She wondered how big Rickon had grown, and whether Bran was sad. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Aunty, I’m not staying home, and if I did Atticus would be the saddest man in the world . . . but don’t worry, Atticus understands perfectly, and I’m sure once you get started you’ll make Maycomb understand.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was a sad and frightening journey, and when they arrived they had been afraid he might already be dead. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looks sad, or angry, or some other feeling he’s trying very hard to hold in. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tells me that my mother is sad inside and that her anger is more frustration at what she can’t change. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adjusting for age, I realize some of our opponents may be elderly, which is both sad and reassuring. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s because he’s ashamed, sad, or both. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. She was sad. But she said you always wanted to be attached to my hip, which wasn't healthy.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t really known the sad version of her, but I didn’t know this version, either. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Somehow, those black edges seemed like the saddest thing in the world. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Mi niña, mi niña,” she says in her sad voice that is sadder than ever. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

His face was still sad, but he wasn't broken. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Three prisoners in chains—and, among them, the little pipe, the sad eyed angel. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew the truth, and that’s why I was so sad. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Jennings didn’t score any higher on the happy subjects or lower on the sad subjects than his counterparts. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked past the sad tables of the Rotonde to the Select. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then he glanced behind at Samar, sending her the shadow of a sad smile. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Without milk and cheese, the bliny would just be sad pancakes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I could practically hear sad music playing in the background. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“A sad thing, a tragedy,” my grandfather nodded. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They putter along in the halls and corridors, and leave a sad trail of tear-shaped glitter and the noise of tiny wailing cries. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I pointed at, How frustrating, how pathetic, how sad. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I am too sad and too skinny to keep keeping, when I am a tiny thing against so many bricks, then it is I look at trees. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young man burst out from the side of a stage and told the crowd, “And now the Moon Lady will come and tell her sad tale to you, in a shadow play, classically sung.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father has avoided looking at me, and if his eyes do happen to cross mine, I can read his unspoken words: “How can you be so unkind? How dare you make your mother so sad!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

So I’m actually a little sad when Mom says it’s time for dinner. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I must warn you that a great deal of this story is extremely sad. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bernabe was sad, sitting there on the porch tapping his heels lightly against the baseboards. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed the window and gave me a sad little smile and the bus pulled out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying not to make this a sad thing, but the whole vibe in the room changed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She raised her fingers and popped them at him—boom!—but this time the gesture looked sad, not menacing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Just thinking this makes me so sad I look out the window and hold back tears. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The scent always calmed me down, but it also made me sad because it reminded me of lost friends. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Opening it, I pull out a cartoon drawing, the colors sad and dull. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I fell out of our sad tree. My leg really hurts.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He looked up with those sad eyes and then came the deep laugh out of nowhere that didn’t sound like a laugh at all, rising over the scratchy rattle of “Ghostbusters” on the television screen. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sad thing was, this wasn’t the first time the sports psychologist had been summoned to help the women’s saber team work out their personnel problems. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I was so sad she hadn’t lived long enough to see me make Team USA. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She had seen her dad cry before, of course, but that had been during movies or really sad TV commercials, not during real life. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The day we moved I thought everyone would be sad, but it was just the opposite. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could there not be a huge sad hole in your life? Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was not looking either happy or sad in the photograph because his lips were straight, neither up nor down. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it that or is it your fear of the stain of my sad life getting on you? So you have to polish me up and make me worthy.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

A slow heart rate tells our brain that something sad is happening. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Blank bordering on Sullen and when I looked over at Edmond he had the saddest expression on his face but when he saw I was looking he smiled. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sighed, feeling more sad and tired than anything else. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wish E.T. were here now and could make this sad plant sprout back up, pop out its planty chest, and make something of itself. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She’d been feeling sad and the medicine was supposed to make her feel better. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I wished I could get it for him so he’d stop looking so sad. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s sad that it happened to Eric Morse, but it’s attention we had to have. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My new teacher tilts her head back, fakes an even sadder laugh. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t act sad, but I knew him better than that. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And, of course, photos of Otto’s and Sheed’s parents were plentiful, despite their ability to make Grandma and the boys sad from time to time. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She hated to think of her mom being lonely, or afraid, or sad, and at the same time, she was so mad at her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the autumn the leaves flamed and rat- fled before the west winds, tempering their sad atheu with glory. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she wanted him to seem sad at the thought that they would never marry. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But all he’s thought about over the past few days is how sad Manny’s parents were when they invited him over to tell him they were moving. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was shivering in his basket, his few feathers ruffled in a sad attempt to keep warm. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Yet even in his tattered black pajama shirt and pants, with his weathered face and sad eyes, I still see the brother I knew in Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to think about what he’d say now and am sad that it’s hard for me to remember his voice exactly. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Like a sad fish with fins all over. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad goodby, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She covered her face as if she would be sad if I said no. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And on the reef the whistling buoy bellows like a sad and patient bull. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything hurts from shoving away all this stuff that makes me sad inside. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I was glad to be able to get out to the kitchen because it makes me sad to watch my mother brush her hair. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

We often read that red seems to advance, while blue recedes; or that the former is a violent or passionate color, the latter a sad one. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing Spanish then, I continued to be a careful, if sad, listener to sounds. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s clear from her expression that she thinks this is a sad story I’m telling her—a very sad story. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“But scared is just scared; it’s like happy or sad or angry. It’s just scared. What time does the show start?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And for a moment, he looked rather sad. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He was scared or he was happy or he was sad now. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A user from South Carolina had posted: Don’t want to be a downer, but I just had a sad thought. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

For some reason, even though the song wasn’t a sad song, it made Raymie think of sad things. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Shut up. It would be sad and you know it.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

On a sad note, the Widow Cane passed away in her home on July 1. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even the minstrels who came in the back yards and sang were sad, too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The compassionate Father Abbot consoled the sad squirrel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The reality of Keav’s death is too sad so I create a fantasy world to live in. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We must think of something serious. Something sad, very sad. And then we shall be able to get down. Now—one, two, three! Something very sad, mind you!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mama didn’t cry, but she seemed very sad—a soft kind of sadness. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first time in my life I did not feel sad about moving. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be sad any longer. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask what happened, but Annabeth seemed lost in sad memories. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She worked the dirt in the garden—rich dirt wriggling with worms—bringing a sad patch of vegetables to life. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But maybe my heart was right when it recognized that sad island. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And he couldn’t believe how sad he felt—he wanted to keep talking to her. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I say, “And so she trudged up the wooden stairs, her sad brown shoes taking her to the house she never liked.” The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the saddest thing I ever saw with them, the old man thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a sad and beautiful line that is. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It had big sad eyes and his lips turned down at the corners, like it was a little depressed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It tasted like root beer and strawberry and something else I didn’t have a name for, something that made me feel kind of sad. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The idea didn’t sit well with him, but neither did the notion that the girl was so sad now. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He just seems really sad, and there’s kind of no one there to look after him. I mean, isn’t there any other family?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And I feel happy for Oliver because I remember a time when he would have sat down and been sad after Shay had said something like that. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Their singing and all those sad Spanish words and the sweet spicy smells of the food at their hands all mixed together into something that stuck me right there where I was standing. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This man listened to Kumalo’s sad story and then told him what to do. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me what a sad thing this was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was sad, and crazy funny, and really good, and I think you’ll really like it. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

With a sad shake of his head, he gets to his feet, comes over to me and holds out his hands. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s your blood and ’tis a sad thing when a man can’t even drive a nail straight. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Their sad Mongolian faces gazed out over the sides of the trucks, utterly incurious. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Me and Calista peeled off our coats and shook all the slushy snow out of our umbrellas and got to work being sad. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed at once puzzled and angry and thoughtful and sad. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were poor enough to get free lunch, but I didn’t want to be the only Indian and a sad sack who needed charity. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

You could tell he was sad, even though he was just a drawing, not a real boy you could talk to. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I inhale the sad, stale scent of him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet having people stare at you your whole life would make you sad and anxious. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to be busted and thrown in jail so that someday I could tell my sad tale to others, just as the prisoners had told their woeful tales to me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The king gave a small, sad smile, the lantern in his hand casting a dark shadow on his face. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A woman with a sad smile greeted them at the desk. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not as sad as I am with my family. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She took a deep, sad breath and said, “You like Karen better than you like me, Mama.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made Candice a little sad, her father being with someone who wasn’t her mother. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the subway ride back home, I told Calista, “That was a good sad day.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

All I stood a chance of getting out of that sad night was a good sleep, and she had to wake me up and spoil it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was a sad moment as real horror crossed his face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why she’s so sad,” Will said as he and Lyra climbed the road up to the ridge. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And the saddest example of this might be what it means for cows. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z