Sentence examples for make for sad reading from inspiring English sources

Howells's last years make for sad reading, as perhaps all last years must.

The unfolding news made for sad reading in every way.

VIENNA — Berlioz's struggle to get his grand opera "Les Troyens" produced makes for sad reading.

STEVEN BERKOWITZ New York To the Editor: Kay Hymowitz's unquestioning reverence for Robert George's great leaps of logic made for sad reading indeed.

It makes for sad reading, but at least it suggests that DJ Premier made peace with his former Gang Starr partner before the rapper died.

The latest report by the Alzheimer's Society makes for sad reading: a survey of more than 2,300 people with dementia and their carers shows that more than 50% of those living in care homes paid in excess of £15,600 a year towards their own care; and only 39% of people received all the help they needed from social services.

This makes for sad reading, but there were a handful of industries where women routinely earn a comparable, or higher wage than men.

I'm sorry to say that I'm flying blind here, I can't find my copy of the magazine, but recall that the journal makes for sad and bitter reading; Truffaut had lots of trouble dealing with the complex, studio-bound shoot and with Werner himself.

It makes for such sad reading, this tale of the failed crown prince, that it hardly bears telling, were it not for the fact that it has derailed the aspirations of a billion people.

There were frequent changes of tenant, and the records of a sale "under distress for rent" in 1831 make sad reading; cows called Prettymaid, Spot and Daisy are among the livestock and equipment for sale.

They make for chirpy reading.