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The phrase "a very sad thing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express a feeling of sorrow or disappointment about a particular situation or event.
Example: "The news of the disaster was a very sad thing for the entire community."
Alternatives: "a deeply unfortunate matter" or "a truly heartbreaking situation".
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It's a very sad thing.
That was a very sad thing.
"For Václav Havel, it was a very sad thing.
"When it does happen, it's a very sad thing".
Still, Mr. Johnson said, the fire is "a very sad thing".
With all his disparaging comments, a very sad thing is overlooked.
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I think it's a very, very sad thing that a lot of people in the West living in urban areas don't perceive a benefit to a farmer as a benefit to themselves, because they are benefits to us.
"It is a singular experience to have done this show and a very very sad thing to be done doing it," he said in a statement.
"We'll work together and see if we can do something, now the spotlight is on," Trump said at a news conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, calling the abductions a "very, very sad thing". Yet Trump has not talked about human rights more broadly outside the context of North Korea.
It's a very, very sad thing.
What they're doing to us is a very, very sad thing.
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