Sentence examples for a sad role from inspiring English sources

RICHARD BRODY: It's good to see comic acting acknowledged; I'd have nominated Kristen Wiig for Best Actress; her performance was transformative; midway through the movie, I forgot that I was watching a funny person playing a sad role and thought I was seeing the birth of a great new melodramatist in the Jennifer Aniston vein (have you seen The Break-Up?).

A sadder role for the forensic artists is to recreate the face of a dead child, using morgue photos or skulls that have been recovered.

A sad character.

If that's true, then it is a sad commentary on the role of the lawyers in the first place.

Joel Edgerton Tom Buchannann) added a sad sack quality to the role that almost made me feel bad when his life fell apart.

Fallon switched things up and played Magic Mike, with Tatum taking on the role of a sad "Magic Bird" who needs Mike's help to feel better.

In a sad irony given his current role, his son David was sentenced to 10 years in prison for firing a gun during a road rage incident a decade ago.

A sad performance for those whose role it is to represent the rights of their members vis-a-vis the powers-that-be and not vice versa.

The family role is sometimes a sad reversal of expectations.

This is perhaps why Branagh has succeeded so well in the role of Wallander, a sad sack, a burnout and a bit of a loser.

Nathan McMullen is suitably wide-eyed as the rookie security guard; Les Dennis has the poignant bearing of a sad sack of potatoes in the role of the old time-server Grandad.