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Discover LudwigThe phrase "Sad expression" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a facial expression that conveys sadness or sorrow.
Example: "Her sad expression revealed the depth of her disappointment after hearing the news."
Alternatives: "sorrowful look" or "melancholy face"
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Maybe that accounts for his sad expression.
Prolonged appearance of depression (e.g., sad expression, apathy, tearfulness, distractibility).
What is left is a strange deformed creature, with a sad expression, and most of its face missing.
If you came upon Jean unexpectedly she was always sunk in her chair, gazing into space with a deeply sad expression.
She gazes through the clear area with a sad expression, as though she wished she could pass through the glass and join you in your world.
"Shu-when, you have lost Kejun - the one you love so much, what do you feel now?" A sad expression appeared on the 13-year-old actress's face.
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The stronger influence of the auditory material on the happy body expressions compared to the sad expressions might be related to the level of intensity, valence and/or arousal expressed in the visual stimuli.
In sum, these researchers are suggesting that happy and sad expressions are not basic, evolutionary responses that take the same form all over the world, but cultural categories that we create from a much more complex emotional reservoir.
My portrait might be hung on the walls of the debating chamber among those of long-dead doctors, most of them weighed down with gowns, medals, honours, sad expressions, and diplomas.
Or perhaps it is because no one has had the chance to steal photos showing his angry or sad expressions from the Communist party's office in Beijing, entry to which involves getting at least three red stamps and filling in forms.
Women comfortably into their sixth decade yanked up their saggy knicker-elastic, socked back another beaker of Chateau Ordinaire and swayed to the beat, hugging themselves while wearing sad expressions.
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