adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sad reflection
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This situation is a sad reflection on society.
a sad/solemn occasion
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He did not want his funeral to be a sad and solemn occasion, but a celebration of his life.
a sad/tragic fate
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The play is about the tragic fate of two lovers.
look tired/happy/sad etc
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You look tired. You should go to bed.
sad loss (= the death of someone you love )
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I’m sorry to hear of your family’s sad loss .
sad
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Her beautiful eyes suddenly looked sad.
sad
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He gazed at her with sad eyes as she slowly walked away.
sad/serious
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Maggie looked at him with a sad face.
the sad/painful truth (= something that is true but that you regret )
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She still misses him, and that’s the sad truth.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
how
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The jacaranda pods were too stiff to act as castanets. How sad it was to leave!
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You are such a writer, wanting to capture how sad you truly felt.
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Mary Miller Scary price of stardom HOW sad that one of the perils of stardom is the kind of fans you attract.
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How lucky he was and how sad he must be.
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The clock ticks. How sad life is!
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Fiction is pure joy how sad that I could not reinvent the trip as fiction.
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The same thing that everybody thought. How sad .
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She described how sad and anxious she had been feeling in the past month.
rather
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She was lost in her own thoughts and was feeling rather sad .
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Although it's been quite humorous inpart I find it also rather sad .
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Lady Diana counting how many days of freedom are left to her. Rather sad .
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It has always seemed to me rather sad that almost any move from beat duty is regarded as a promotion.
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Charles felt detached and rather sad .
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Many plastic slopes now feature bumps in one form or another, and often it's a rather sad effort.
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One could argue that the poisonous atmosphere in rugby is a rather sad reflection of the vitriolic exchanges between politicians.
really
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When he's had a bad day he looks really sad .
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I am really sad that nobody wants to do it like I have done it for them.
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Everyone was really sad to be leaving.
so
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Then again, maybe not so sad .
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When I really looked, he seemed so sad and out of it.
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We care not a pin, though they are ne'er so sad .
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Twice a week, every week, she went and always came back so sad , so sad.
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It seemed so sad I could have cried.
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She played and sang so plaintively that I almost wept, the song was so sad .
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It was all so sad , so depressing, so futile.
very
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I very sad , adopt Krishna.
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This is very sad nonsense, Michael.
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Most of the news is very sad .
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The experience is very sad for them personally, as well as enraging.
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I find it very sad that the traditional weekend by the sea cam now be considered a health risk.
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David Copperfield about a poor boy who is mistreated by people that was very sad .
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Mr Parry said that it was a very sad case.
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Boston is a very sad place.
■ NOUN
case
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Really sad case , that, because he'd been a fine man.
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Instantly she brought the sad case of Odysseus before the others.
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Mr Parry said that it was a very sad case .
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Even the sad case of the fairest of the nymphs, Echo, did not move him.
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There are so many sad cases needing our help, and Miss Withington and I do all we can.
commentary
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It is a sad commentary to note such parochial schools within our people.
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The experience of some Sunday morning services in competition with golf is a sad commentary on the bending of principle to person.
day
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Male speaker Although we have moved production across the road, it's still a sad day for a lot of people.
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But one sad day she happened not to be with him and he tracked down a mighty boar.
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It turned out to be an irritating, sad day .
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It was a sad day for me.
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Female speaker It's a sad day as the sisters were planning to sell.
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Some have said this is a sad day .
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He says it's been a sad day , but its also a homecoming.
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If they get possession of the Mississippi River, it will be a sad day for the Confederacy.
face
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His eyes appraised her face , a lovely face, a sad face - because of him.
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The cat had a sad face .
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Dress your child up in a clown outfit and paint on a sad face .
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The sad faces look out longingly at the small figures silhouetted on the rooftops.
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A black-haired woman with a long, sad face was inside.
fact
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The sad fact is that on an average classroom teacher's salary it is impossible to bring up a family in London.
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The sad fact is that we are amazingly persistent at missing the point.
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Little evidence exists to indicate that tests help teachers; however this sad fact may not surprise many people.
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And the sad fact is that the military has not gained anything by making adultery a crime.
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The sad fact is, however, that in Britain the old have the worst housing of any group.
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One could not and I would not attempt to persuade our management of this sad fact .
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The sad fact is that many organisations would be unable to recognise a customer even if he or she fell in front of them.
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It is a sad fact that most professionals do what interests them, rather than what most needs doing.
loss
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For Doctor Who this was a sad loss .
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On the way back to the rendezvous the next morning, however, they suffered a sad loss .
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Waterpolo suffered another sad loss last week with the sudden death of Donegall's Eddie Neill.
news
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Tony attended to all the arrangements and Maureen wrote to Terry with the sad news .
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Sitting on a red vinyl padded stool at the breakfast bar, she told us the sad news .
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Well, she brought me sad news .
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Say you have some sad news .
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Halema, however, had no sad news to share.
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And sad news from the Manor.
reflection
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One could argue that the poisonous atmosphere in rugby is a rather sad reflection of the vitriolic exchanges between politicians.
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Meanwhile a sad reflection dawns upon the well-intentioned occupant of the ministerial chair.
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A sad reflection on human nature, and the times we live in, but true.
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When he leaves her for the Gipsy and she dances. alone, it becomes a sad reflection of what has been.
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It is a sad reflection on life that it takes danger and suffering to bring people closer together.
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It is a sad reflection on the Opposition.
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It is a sad reflection on his party that for so long he did not enjoy a smell of office.
smile
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Is Lily's sad smile as familiar as the sight of the other couples?
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He looked up with a sad smile .
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Do the others have anything to do with Lily's sad smile ?
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Paul sat beside her, utterly still, a small, sad smile on his face.
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He was smiling , but it was a sad smile.
song
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He shot it because it played a sad song .
state
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This sad state of affairs does not have to continue.
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A sad state of affairs, but it is so.
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It's a sad state of affairs.
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I do not need to detain the House with a contemporary history of that sad state .
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The unfinished building stood for several years as a mute witness to their sad state .
story
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A moor hen's nest floating away on a swollen tyke told a sad story .
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That is the sad story Jim Carlton tells in his forthcoming book about Apple Computer.
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As he left, Lord Henry thought about this sad story .
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The result of this sad story is that we have 4, 000 ancient Samaritan manuscripts all over the world.
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It is one long sad story of complaining and discontent.
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Peter Cameron tells sad stories with tender grace and understatement, as if his work were composed of panels of watercolor.
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That's the sad story of my life.
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He spoke for hours and hours, telling me the great and sad story of the Tom Morrises.
tale
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It depicts the sad tale of a lavatory attendant, Jim, who reads newspapers to seek a new career.
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She confessed to cleaning his house, and also told her own sad tale .
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It was no longer believed to be a sad tale of the power of fortune to undermine love.
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A sad tale about a man who died at the age of 103 because no one would give him any money.
thing
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The sad thing is that the G8 could do much more.
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The sad thing about it was that most of us felt more at home out in the field than in base camp.
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The sad thing is that there's probably little we can do about it now.
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The sad thing is the ride ended.
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One of the sad things about history is that nations keep making the same mistakes.
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The sad thing is that parents rarely complain when this is the case.
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The sad thing about the Yobots article is that, since its publication, Quasp has been overtaken by trendy wimps.
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But the sad thing is that there was absolutely no return.
time
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We live in sad times now; the Puritans cut King Charles's head off last January.
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We missed our families and it was a sad time .
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They talked about the happy and sad times .
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Everybody in Avonlea was very kind to them, but it was a sad time .
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Stephen came home for Christmas, but it was a quiet, sad time for the family.
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This was a sad time for me.
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For the girl herself it was a sad time .
truth
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But the sad truth is that words are all that Labour has while the Tories rule.
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The dates reflect a sad truth .
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The sad truth is that the average collector is unlikely to recover more than the most fragmentary remains of dinosaurs.
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The sad truth is that this source of power is already nearly tapped out.
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The sad truth is to tackle these subjects you have to be more than just willing, you have to be shite-hot.
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The sad truth is that conservatives flagrantly and lasciviously Frenchkissed those elements.
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The sad truth is that doctors who spend careers in research may forgo huge incomes from private practice.
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The sad truth is that Rosewood was not an isolated incident.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a sad/tragic/devastating etc commentary on sth
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The experience of some Sunday morning services in competition with golf is a sad commentary on the bending of principle to person.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't look so sad ! It won't be long until the next holidays.
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Fairuz sang a sad song that made us all feel homesick.
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I don't like movies with sad endings.
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I felt so sad when I heard about Ronald's death.
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I was glad to be going home, but sad to leave all my friends.
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It's natural to feel sad about it when your children finally leave home.
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It's pretty sad that in an Italian restaurant they can't cook pasta well.
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It's very sad that she died before her children grew up.
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My brother told us the sad news.
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She felt sad as she waved goodbye.
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The day her son left home was one of the saddest days of her life.
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There was such a sad look in her eyes.
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We were very sad to hear about Mrs Humphrey's death.
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You stayed home waiting for him to call? You are so sad .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sad state of affairs, but it is so.
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But an omelette empty of content was a sad object.
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But one sad day she happened not to be with him and he tracked down a mighty boar.
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His son Michel is apparently taking over the family trade, and has perfected the sad Gallic intonations of his dad.
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It is sad to go into their offices.
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This sad state of affairs does not have to continue.
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Those moments became sad bygones as drivers solemnly filed into Calvary Church, North Carolina's largest.
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We missed our families and it was a sad time.