Sentence examples for faintly sad from inspiring English sources

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192 is a very sociable sort of table-hopping restaurant, so I thought there was something faintly sad about her solitude.

But, by then, those eyes had turned faintly sad; while continuing to perform the words, Rubio looked as though he knew he'd made a mistake, and that all anyone would remember in the morning would be the image of him stooped to the edge of the frame, sheepishly grasping for the smallest plastic bottle of water in the District of Columbia.

Advanced Warfare is a pretty fun game, but there's something faintly sad about the way the series continually seems to double-down on tired, tried-and-tested formulas.

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The whole thing is faintly endearing, but sad in a way that I can't make up my mind about.

It seems sad to abolish the tradition — and faintly ridiculous to honor too large a group.

Just a sad guy in a cap who smells faintly of the one thing that he wants most, but cannot have.

I'd only ever touched MEAT rubber stuff once before this morning, when a package that enclosed a maxi dress, complete with thong, bra and floor-length mask/bib arrived in the office, and I felt sad that maybe I'd never be able to press something so cool, smooth and faintly smelling of sweat to my face again.

Prof. Richard Dawkins smiles faintly.

Faintly, maybe.

Barnes looks faintly harassed.

Her voice came faintly.

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