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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a certain sadness" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a specific, yet not fully defined, feeling of sadness that someone may experience in a particular context.
Example: "As she looked at the old photographs, she felt a certain sadness wash over her, reminding her of the moments that had passed."
Alternatives: "a particular sorrow" or "an unmistakable melancholy".
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"There was a certain sadness.
But it does provoke a certain sadness.
But there was a certain sadness in his eyes.
Sure, there is a certain sadness to him.
"There's a certain sadness," Mr. Cook said before he started the show one last time.
Loud as the resultant applause was it seemed bitter-sweet, underscored by a certain sadness.
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A certain desert sadness pervades.
"Virginia Woolf's notion that everything of beauty is cut with a certain singular sadness.
But — and I say this with a certain weary sadness — the chances have not gotten so much harder that one can justify giving up.
I've taken it after deep consideration and there's a certain sentimental sadness attached to it," he told the Evening Standard.
As for myself, for more than 20 years I have been eagerly anticipating their approach, have delighted in their duration and felt a certain small sadness in their mild, melting withdrawals.
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