Examples of “saddened” in a Sentence

adjective Made unhappy by something that has happened, especially bad news.

• We were deeply saddened to hear of his death.
• She looked saddened rather than angry.
• The saddened fans left the stadium quietly after the loss.

verb Past tense and past participle of sadden: to have made someone unhappy.

• The state of the old house saddened him.
• The news that the library was closing saddened everyone in the village.
• It saddened me to see my old school torn down.