These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'sad.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Wes Davis, The Verge, 5 July 2023 My older daughter did not want to establish Christmas Eve as a sad day. Sarotte, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2023 So far, there isn’t really a one-size-fits-all definition, leaving us with awkward, sad experiments that are disconnected from a broader virtual world, ultimately making proposals like the MLB’s feel like a 90s-era internet promise that may or may not be any good. Vulture, 10 July 2023 The sad reality is that there is no consensus for taking immediate, practical steps toward Ukrainian accession at Vilnius (to say nothing of Georgian accession). By using the Upcasting, we can easily access the. Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023 As a sad classic-rock piano intro plays, Ken sings about his Sisyphean struggle to gain recognition during magic hour. Upcasting is a type of object typecasting in which a child object is typecasted to a parent class object. Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023 Waiting all day Sunday for authorities to do something about the corpse was a strange postscript to what had been a long, sad night. Origin of downcast 1 First recorded in 12501300, downcast is from the Middle English word douncasten. a shaft down which air passes, as into a mine (opposed to upcast ). Alexandra Schneider, Seventeen, 12 July 2023 With each passing day, each missive from one of his many lawyers and each statement that refuses to acknowledge the obvious, the ending of one of college basketball’s great careers has become irretrievably sad. adjective directed downward, as the eyes. Jared Marcel Pollen, The New Republic, 12 July 2023 Maybe something sad happened in their life or there was something sad in the news. (16) The huge crowd at Colbert Station was an instant spur to the downcast players some of whom quickly wiped away the tears to savour what proved to be a memorable occasion.Adjective In Western Europe, Kundera argues, this severance was seen as sad, but ultimately peripheral. (15) His eyes are always downcast, he never lifts his glance. (14) He probably didn't see his demise coming until Sulzberger's downcast eyes telegraphed it to him. (13) The exchanged looks, downcast eyes, or brutal and grim determination of the guards all make this film seem real.
(12) Eyes are usually downcast, focused elsewhere. (11) With his cane, his downcast eyes, and bandy legged gait, he is the antithesis of Hollywood muscle-bound steroid cases. (10) ÔÇÿHe was downtown and got jumped,ÔÇÖ he replied with downcast eyes.
(9) She is almost always shown in profile and never engages the viewer, but with downcast eyes she seems intensely self-absorbed or excessively demure. (7) Or Binodini of ÔÇÿChoker BaliÔÇÖ whose downcast eyes promised the quiet glow of life after sunset, and the raised ones the joy of sunshine after a gloomy shower? (8) Yet she was always downcast, antisocial, and she wrote the darkest poetry, which she shared with me. (6) One early morning a few weeks ago, I noticed a downcast boy alone in the park kicking a can. (5) The probable explanation is, that the return air was leaking across into the downcast shaft at various levels. (4) There comes a definitive moment at the end of every Super Bowl when exuberant and downcast fans alike know when to shut off the TV, or at least change the channel. (3) It is the same scene with the crucial difference that the young farmer has disappeared, leaving the hesitant, downcast girl still dangling her straw hat, its ribbons stirring gently in the breeze. (2) The Black Cap depicts a downcast figure swallowed by a voluminous skirt that occupies the entire lower surface of the painting. (1) Many times in the film, an arched eyebrow, a downcast eye (followed by a POV shot), or wrinkled, furrowed brow says a lot more than the witty bon mots that the cast members like to throw about.
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