Displaying sadness is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe when someone shows their sadness in an obvious way. For example, "He was displaying sadness through his slumped posture and watery eyes."
In a second experiment, a blindsight patient was shown pictures of faces displaying happiness, sadness, anger, and fear.
As predicted, compared to those who believed they were interacting with a human operator, participants who believed they were interacting with a computer reported lower fear of self-disclosure, lower impression management, displayed their sadness more intensely, and were rated by observers as more willing to disclose.
The bridge of the song focuses on the dark corset scenes where the rain increases and Rowland's facial expressions display deep sadness.
Sofia perhaps of all Treme's characters displays the sadness that we might expect in those environs, acting out as her mother (Leo, recent Academy Award Best Actress for The Fighter) worries.
Laboring to steady his emotions, his eyes filled with tears, a momentous instant because never before had I seen any of my teachers display unbridled sadness, especially a man.
He relishes the prospect of democratic change in the US and the UK, coming out for the "generational change" that Barack Obama represents – "I believe it would be a great thing for the US to vote a black man into the White House" – and displaying no great sadness at the end of the new Labour era, despite his admiration for Thatcher's "true disciple", Tony Blair.
In the present study, participants were presented with pictures displaying 5 emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and surprise) or a neutral expression.
For example, the item assessing the emotional domain (item 3), displays the words "sadness", "anxiety", "pessimism" and "unwilling to live" close to 0 (dark red).
But unlike Mr. Giuliani's emotional display of sadness and regret on Wednesday, when he abruptly announced that he and his wife were separating, the mayor returned yesterday to his more combative, and familiar, public persona.
