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  • The master feel good mind manipulator is saddened by her wayward "Jesus" and must come reining down to spread her pixie dust and re-christen the Annointed One. Oprah Winfrey to tape Christmas special at the White House
  • Those who knew him are saddened by his death.
  • The news of the death of Norris McWhirter will sadden everyone who knew him.
  • We would be reading saddened investigations into the culture of bladder control in the English game and the working-class society that underpins it. Times, Sunday Times
  • Beyond the tragedy of a brave man's death two aspects of this case sadden me.
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  • I remember reading and dreaming in highschool about the Terrestrial Planet Finder and was saddened when it was canceled. Kepler Is On Its Way - NASA Watch
  • The soccer charity he was backing said: 'We are deeply saddened. The Sun
  • A Co Londonderry politician has described the damage caused by a fire in his constituency this morning as "saddening". Northern Ireland Local News
  • But it truly saddens me that a few people have indeed asked if I am going to sue and have been more than a touch surprised when I have answered them in the negative.
  • The entire area is deeply shocked and saddened by this untimely and tragic death.
  • Those saddened by the remoteness of peace in South Asia or the Middle East may be helped by a fourth Hindu concept, that of action without a focus on its fruits.
  • He added: 'I was saddened. Times, Sunday Times
  • The president was described as saddened by the news from home. How Clinton Lost The Capital
  • He said he was saddened that instead of supporting farmers by buying their produce at a reasonable price, some traders and millers had decided to exploit them.
  • Bolton cricket has been saddened by the death in hospital yesterday of Frank Baldwin.
  • On hearing the news about him yesterday, I felt incredibly saddened. Times, Sunday Times
  • the news of his death saddened me
  • Says Brynhild, “Let not such matters sadden thee: abide with thy friends who wish thee blithesome, all of them!” The Story of the Volsungs
  • The tragic death has shocked and saddened the local community and shattered his family.
  • You know as a Minnesotan, I am always saddened when I see Coleman as our Senator. SurveyUSA: Coleman Leads Franken By 10 In Minnesota Senate Race
  • Our lives are too short now to spend our holidays being shocked and saddened by what people are doing to the sea. Times, Sunday Times
  • It saddens me to see this proud contest fall into oblivion, for it was once a very important event for American school-children.
  • I am shocked, deeply saddened and profoundly sorry for what has happened to these women. Times, Sunday Times
  • You can't begin to imagine how much that saddens me.
  • I ask if being scorned by his old comrades-in-arms has saddened him.
  • We were deeply saddened by the news of her death.
  • Deeply saddened that neither way would save them from the approaching eternal damnation, she started to fix her things and go home.
  • We bite into an allegedly ripe, tomato-looking something-or-other from the megastore and we are saddened by its utter lack of substance.
  • She gave an impassioned speech about how being Jewish, what Israeli is ostensibly doing in her name appalled and saddened her. Dennis Perrin: My Yearly Kos Diary
  • It says, "Columba," his wife, "and I are deeply saddened over an incident that occurred last night involving our daughter Noelle. CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2002
  • It is "saddening" for a rumour to have been spread with intent to damage public confidence in the judicial system ahead of the Surpreme Court's verdict on the Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News
  • Hoping to make peace and begin to overcome his loss, he is saddened to see the bodachs, gruesome black shades who feed on death, begin to show up on the abbey grounds and lurk over the children.
  • As a result, it saddens me to have to resort to this, but ‘desperate times require desperate measures for measure’, quoth The Bard, or someone else a bit like him who's equally famous.
  • Londonist was saddened to hear the news of the death of Sir John Mills over the weekend.
  • This self-righteousness, this bilious holier-than-thou attitude not only amazes me, it saddens me quite a bit too.
  • He was disappointed and saddened that legal argument had stopped the trial.
  • Does it sadden you that you can't hear, discern, or say the African consonants "mb" or "gb"? Monday
  • LONDON - Portuguese and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has said that Manchester United's financial worries "sadden" him. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
  • I feel saddened that we live in a society where innocent mistakes are not allowed.
  • He wrote, `I was saddened to see that your injury prevented you from joining in the dancing at my betrothal festivities. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
  • I saddened at the memory of his death.
  • I, and many people who knew him well, were saddened when we heard of his violent death.
  • The clerk to the Wimbish Parish Council said she believed the whole village would be saddened by the deaths.
  • It saddens me that no matter how much he does that is good and positive, his past is always thrown in his face.
  • If you knew only these facts, you would be saddened but not shocked. Times, Sunday Times
  • George adores Tom and is deeply saddened and angered when his father sells him.
  • They proceeded onward: the earthly Paradise was unfolded to their view; the air was balmy, and laden with rich fragrance from the numberless flowers around; but instead of filling the spirit with soft languor, and indisposing the body to exertion, the gentle breezes imparted new vigor to the frame, and the buoyant, hilarious feelings of early youth shot through the veins, making the thoughtful eye sparkle, and giving to the grave foot of saddened maturity the elasticity of childhood. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside
  • He said: 'We are deeply saddened by what has occurred and we will miss her greatly. Times, Sunday Times
  • And to attempt to sound dignified and saddened at being traduced by the ingrate just makes the humiliation complete.
  • God does not “enjoy” sin, and it saddens Him when those He created participate in sinful actions. Hating the sin, while loving the sinner? – Grasping for the Wind
  • She changed into her pajamas, brushed her teeth, and climbed into her bed, contented with her newfound friendship but saddened by the potential loss of another.
  • We saw from all the shocked and saddened tributes that flooded in after the news that this was the last thing in the world anyone expected. The Sun
  • Poirot walked unheeded along his grove by saddened angels, crosses, broken pillars, family vaults, stone hopes praying with upcast eyes, old Belgium's hearts and hands. [thought for the day] monday evening
  • The city was saddened by the news of Terry's closure and readers were quick to suggest alternative uses for the factory site.
  • Saddened at the reminder of the white-collar life he nearly had, he tells the inmate firmly that he never wants to see that book again.
  • Almond said: 'I am deeply saddened and shocked. The Sun
  • The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do.
  • They are shocked and saddened. The Sun
  • Bopi pain cried, pity no body can heard that saddened voice. Mini Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
  • Political leaders saddened by Princess Margaret's death have paid tribute to the popular royal.
  • Saddened by the law-breakers, but giddy with happiness with the additional 2-10 million dollars this will generate, Police commissioner Julien Fantino had this to say: "The only regret I have now, in hindsight, is that I didn't go after 30 over [the limit] as opposed to 50 over. Archive 2007-10-01
  • You can sigh away half your youth if you choose to allow failed relationships sadden you.
  • I am saddended that in today's CiF Observer offering we have to deal with not only the apologist and excuser of all things coalition, Mr Rawnsley, but also are being subjected to the one sided outpourings of Mr Cameron and an inexplicably fawning article on Nick Clegg by Mr Porter and that's about it as far as the coverage of this weeks mismanagement of the country by our coalition government goes. Project Merlin: Mr Osborne's paltry deal with the banks insults the taxpayer | Observer editorial
  • Almond said: 'I am deeply saddened and shocked. The Sun
  • I feel: insecure, confused, uncertain, jealous, stupid, useless, used, saddened, frustrated, and so on.
  • Which I was incredibly saddened by. The Sun
  • Then the tale of murder shaH be smot helled/'exclaimed tftesl winger," nei - ther shall the injured be apprised/'Hb retreated a fev* pacei; he seemed to commune within himself — then sadden! The confessional of Valombre
  • I'm saddened by this media frenzy because a great opportunity to talk about the benefits and detriments of psychiatric care has been missed.
  • I had almost given you up, and was just going to cry," she said, laying her little snowflake of a hand upon the one which that morning had chafed the small, stiff fingers of Dora Deane, and which now tenderly pressed those of Ella Grey as the young man answered, "I have not felt like going out today, for my first call saddened me;" and then, with his arm around the fairy form of Dora Deane
  • News of his death at a relatively young age saddened his many friends in the local area.
  • To: Justaham it saddens me to see some of the comments on this story, that any so called constitutionalist or libertarian would for any reason want to deny someone happiness. who are you to tell someone they cant get "married Latest Articles
  • Fans were saddened to see the former champion play so badly.
  • The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do.
  • It quite saddened me for a while and put a dampener on my spirits.
  • We are deeply saddened by this devastating tragedy.
  • As a student of science and philosophy of science, I am continually amazed and saddened by the willful distortions of science and evolutionary evidence by many who advance ideas of man's failed and sinful nature and then turn right around and are certain of their own unfailed and holy interpretations. Undefined
  • ‘Rainbow’ closes things in memorable style and serves as the track where the band really get it together, gorgeously saddening stuff and reminiscent of those early love lorn Sarah singles, gentle acoustics chilled by brass intrusions.
  • Tea Party super heroine, Sarah Palin decried the NAACP's accusation and shot back that "I am saddened by the NAACP's claim that patriotic Americans who stand up for the United States of America's Constitutional rights are somehow 'racists,'" Constitutional rights are quite elastic and not necessarily synonymous with anti-racist. Noura Erakat: The Tea Party and Race in America
  • Some will nod heads knowingly while other saddened souls will simply shake theirs.
  • The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do.
  • Saddened at the reminder of the white-collar life he nearly had, he tells the inmate firmly that he never wants to see that book again.
  • We see this as nothing but the most dismal of choices and are saddened to see the determined few who want to create the ruination of many.
  • The spokeswoman added: 'We are deeply saddened by his death. Times, Sunday Times
  • As an african Wast Indian (I am Black from Barbados and Married to an American) it sadden me to hear about those fathers who arent there but nothing about the many that are there. Obama sends message to dads on Father's Day
  • It saddened her to watch him speak rudely like that.
  • I am saddened to add my jeremiad to the list of protestations at your coverage.
  • I'm overawed with the beauty of some things and incredibly saddened by others. A New Tour and a New Audience at 70
  • Fans were saddened to see the former champion play so badly.
  • You can't begin to imagine how much that saddens me.
  • His friends were deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic news of his death.
  • The mission is a personal one for Jackson, who is saddened at how Ballou has declined since her student days She grew up in Southeast, the daughter of a "pieman" who delivered fresh pies for Mrs. Smith's. Librarian at D.C.'s Ballou High scrambles for books
  • Our lives are too short now to spend our holidays being shocked and saddened by what people are doing to the sea. Times, Sunday Times
  • I was saddened to find sloppiness in the steering, so that at low speeds one has to nudge the wheel rather than turn it.
  • That's why these events sadden me so greatly; not so much because they happened.
  • It saddened me to read Mrs Senior's letter and the unaccommodating tone that was portrayed.
  • The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do.
  • Stirling naturally realized that Lewes would be difficult to replace, and was deeply saddened by his death.
  • I had hoped you would find your son much sooner. your incompetence seems to have been overlooked by his creepyness, the emperor palpaltine, but i assure you it has not been overlooked by the many anikin skywalker fans everywhere who were emmensly saddened by your fall to the dark side and your emmenent and unaviodable choking of your beloved Padme Keep On Darthin' In The Free World
  • And he is saddened that the man he helped to become leader is now considered a liability by many in his country. Times, Sunday Times
  • I am dismayed that no women were on the ITW list -- just like it saddens me that few "cozies" ever make it onto the Edgar lists. TO JUDGE, OR NOT TO JUDGE: THAT IS THE QUESTION
  • My little cat's death saddened me.
  • And he was deeply saddened that such an ebullient personality was nearing an end.
  • We are deeply saddened to hear that we added to their pain and suffering. Christianity Today
  • On hearing the news about him yesterday, I felt incredibly saddened. Times, Sunday Times
  • I was depressed and saddened - I felt almost stateless.
  • Her death will sadden her fans, but her vast musical and political legacy that touched millions across the globe will live on.
  • The spokeswoman added: 'We are deeply saddened by his death. Times, Sunday Times
  • We are deeply saddened by this devastating tragedy.
  • The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do.
  • His friends were deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic news of his death.
  • Not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses.
  • Music can uplift you, sadden you, put you in the mood for romance, pump you up, or calm you down.
  • It saddened me that I would never see them again.
  • His likeness to Philip was both saddening and heart-warming. THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND
  • Another workers 'leader, Paul Okolo of Civil Service Union, said the price hike was "saddening" and urged the government to reverse it. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • The soccer charity he was backing said: 'We are deeply saddened. The Sun
  • Her relationship with her own parents is so close that she feels saddened when she hears other parents saying they don't want to know what their children are up to.
  • He said: 'We are deeply saddened by what has occurred and we will miss her greatly. Times, Sunday Times
  • They are shocked and saddened. The Sun
  • He tried to smile at her forced jocularity; but the hunted expression saddened his eyes again. From the Valley of the Missing
  • Petition: 30.01.2009 I think most of our Countrymen have forgotten how our Leader Raja Ram Mohan Roy liberated the ladies from the shackles of the terrible conservatisim which was pulling them to the abyss and I am sure he would be very saddened at this stupid turn of events in Mangalore by this so called sena people. Rediff.com
  • The "Death of Cathullin" wailed from the sounding notes; but Bruce heard as though he heard them not; they soothed his mood without his perceiving what it was that calmed, yet deepened, the saddening thoughts that possessed him. The Scottish Chiefs
  • He saddened at the memory of her death.
  • Local priest, Canon Joseph Cooney, said he was surprised and saddened that robbers would enter the local church and take money that had been collected for such a worthy cause.
  • I am very saddend that this old geezer is still around still sucking at the public trough. I'm 'saddened' by 'vicious attacks' on Palin, McCain says
  • Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said it was "saddening" for a rumour to have been spread with intent to damage public confidence in the judicial system ahead of the Supreme Court's verdict on the Thaksin assets seizure case. Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News
  • I am saddened that in today's CiF Observer offering we have to deal with not only the apologist and excuser of all things coalition, Mr Rawnsley, but also are being subjected to the one sided outpourings of Mr Cameron and an inexplicably fawning article on Nick Clegg by Mr Porter and that's about it as far as the coverage of this weeks mismanagement of the country by our coalition government goes. The spotlight begins to shine on the coalition's flaws and faultlines | Andrew Rawnsley
  • The ornateness of the dome is both saddening, and very lovely. Not another photo puzzle.
  • Unlike some of your recent correspondents I shall be saddened to see the law banning not just fox hunting, but also stag and mink hunting, hare coursing and beagling come into place in February.
  • I was deeply saddened by his death.
  • You can sigh away half your youth if you choose to allow failed relationship to sadden you.
  • His death last week saddened me and all who had worked with him, for Mick was a truly likeable fellow.
  • We saw from all the shocked and saddened tributes that flooded in after the news that this was the last thing in the world anyone expected. The Sun
  • It saddens me -- "infuriates" is perhaps a better word -- when Republicans take sole ownership of the U.S. Dorian de Wind: Ramblings of a 'Fake American'
  • The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do.
  • According to tradition, saddened by the loss of her lover Mark Antony, she killed herself by means of an asp bite on August 12, 30 BC.
  • Some are deeply saddened, saying the village has lost an important meeting place where residents could go for a pint, a chat and a game of dominoes.
  • I find it kind of saddening that the people being empowered to speak out in these sessions are not going to be truly heard by the increasingly right leaning Liberals. Canadian Cynic
  • The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do.
  • We are all deeply saddened by what has happened. The Sun
  • We would be reading saddened investigations into the culture of bladder control in the English game and the working-class society that underpins it. Times, Sunday Times
  • It might sadden me, but it would not bother me in the way many description from these past few Volokh threads would have bothered me. The Volokh Conspiracy » Approaching Arguments That Have A Racist Past
  • It saddens me that so many people are apathetic to politics, but what makes me all out depressed is most of the few people who do care are so ideologically blinkered that they are incapable of actually processing information or arguments. Matthew Yglesias » Monetary Policy, Dixie-Style
  • The news of her death saddened me
  • I am saddened that people lost money, I am saddened that people lost jobs, I am saddened that a major company is enmeshed in a major scandal.
  • What saddens me so much is that very little is being written in the context of the debate.
  • You can sigh away half your youth if you choose to allow failed relationship to sadden you.
  • Don't waste time, we did not have time to sigh and sadden.
  • Unconnected in any way I was greatly saddened to learn of the death of George Harrison.
  • One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often. Erich Fromm 
  • _ Iron is usually employed as a "saddening" agent, i.e. the cotton after dyeing is steeped in a cold solution of the mordant. Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer
  • Not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses.
  • If he is saddened, that is certainly much more than that his elders should be gladdened. The Children
  • I was saddened not only by these general defects but also by an unwarranted attack on me personally. Times, Sunday Times
  • I am saddened to add my jeremiad to the list of protestations at your coverage.
  • Man U's financial worries "sadden" Cristiano Ronaldo Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
  • But it must be said that all this came better and more happily in a fruitful and lonely island, where nothing presented itself to me save smiling pictures, where nothing recalled saddening memories, where the fellowship of the few dwellers there was gentle and obliging, without being exciting enough to busy me incessantly, where, in short, I was free to surrender myself all day long to the promptings of my taste or to the most luxurious indolence .... Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2)
  • The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do.
  • He added: 'I was saddened. Times, Sunday Times
  • It saddens me deeply that you feel that our ministry is more dangerous than atheism.
  • Long ago, when Azeroth was new and we were first sent to protect it and the Emerald Dream, those of my flight honored me by naming the field and that created within it the Eye of Ysera…this became the place from which we watched over everything…Her expression saddened. WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE
  • How could you not love the idea of giving a teddy bear to a saddened and scared child?
  • Almond said: 'I am deeply saddened. Times, Sunday Times
  • It saddened her that people could be so cruel.
  • I am deeply saddened and shocked by the news. Times, Sunday Times
  • The question, to pick up the ball from the Israeli Football Association, is whether it should "sadden" us to see politics and sports so brazenly intertwined? Dave Zirin: Flotilla Fallout: Are Teams Right to Refuse to Play Israel?
  • CNN moderators sadden me because they removed my comment ... why? Talks break down, intra-party tension heats up for House Democrats
  • Charles Bowermcen, the team's leader was equally stupefied at the infrastructure around but saddened about the housing shortages.
  • I was saddened and angered by the fatal shooting in Pensacola yesterday of Dr. David Gunn. Archive 2009-03-01
  • Everyone at the school is extremely shaken and saddened by the tragic accident.
  • Although that wasn't surprising, it did sadden and even scare me.
  • Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Monday said it is "saddening" for a rumour to have been spread with intent to damage pulbic confidence in the judicial process ahead of the Surpreme Court's verdict on the 76-billion-baht assets seizure case against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family. Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News
  • We are all deeply saddened by what has happened. The Sun
  • Family liaison officers have been assigned to the victims' families who are understandably shocked and saddened. The Sun
  • It saddens me that the political climate in the country has become so polarized, so divided, that it is literally tearing families and lifelong friends apart.
  • The cruelty in the world saddens me incredibly.
  • Lobamba MP Marwick Khumalo, a former radio announcer, said members were saddened by the way the newspaper was closed, and commended it for the role it played in nation building. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • I think it saddened him to see people obdurate, unwilling to let go of doctrinaire positions instead of facing issues on their merits.
  • The saddening may be and is commonly done in the same bath, that is, after the wool has been stuffed it is lifted, the mordant -- copperas, bluestone, bichrome, or alum -- is added, and the wool is re-entered into the bath. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics
  • I am deeply saddened and shocked by the news. Times, Sunday Times
  • But I think it saddened him to see people obdurate, unwilling to let go of doctrinaire positions instead of facing issues on their merits.
  • He wrote, `I was saddened to see that your injury prevented you from joining in the dancing at my betrothal festivities. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
  • In some cases the methods of mordanting, dyeing and saddening are combined together in the dyeing of wool, thus, for instance, a brown can be dyed by first mordanting with bichrome, then dyeing with camwood and saddening in the same bath with copperas. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics
  • It is saddening to consider the state of mind of a person who expresses joy upon a day of general thanksgiving or at the opening of a new year by blowing on an untunable tin horn.
  • On his return, her husband, though saddened, quickly accepts her decision and endows her with his vill of Chich for a monastery.
  • Sir - I was saddened to read the story in last week's Western People about people who abandon pets after receiving them as Christmas presents.
  • I am saddened and disappointed that my label chose to put out another hits album instead of new music," he said in a statement. Hartford Courant blogs
  • Some things sadden me, particularly the poverty and the great contrast between the rich and the poor.
  • As ever, it saddens me greatly to say goodbye to another edition of The Outside Scoop.
  • Such deaths shock and sadden us all in their pointless cruelty.
  • While her death will sadden many, her life should be celebrated rather than mourned.
  • Given the saddening condition of my sleeplessness, I was sorely in need of a nap.
  • Working in a sterile office for three long years left me repressed and saddened by the world.
  • Both sides trampled on each other's human qualities, so please don't use these saddening words.
  • It's $78 and I am so deeply saddened that it doesn't come in XXL to fit my sasquatch frame. Boing Boing
  • You can sigh away half your youth if you choose to allow failed relationship to sadden you.
  • The robot destroys himself to save the crew and his saddenned human builder is told, you can always build another one. Robots as characters
  • In this world, to understand and to sympathize is to be saddened. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise, Volume I
  • I am shocked, deeply saddened and profoundly sorry for what has happened to these women. Times, Sunday Times
  • I looked deep into his eyes, and saw only emptiness, and I was greatly saddened by it.

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