Sentence examples for melancholy truth from inspiring English sources

An overenthusiastic letter writer can lose sight of this melancholy truth.

The melancholy truth is that what poses for debate on entitlements may be worse than no debate at all.

The melancholy truth is that great dramatic roles -- characters worthy of Mr. De Niro's prodigious gifts -- don't come around much anymore.

As he said in February, the "melancholy truth" was the UK authorities had "sold the pass" when they handed their prisoner over to the US.

This is the melancholy truth that all narratives about "rising" India must acknowledge if they are not to be trumped by pictures of a collapsed bridge and a leaking toilet.

Like much of Frayn's work, "Skios" is a virtuoso performance, and very funny, but underneath it all is a melancholy truth: many of us are unhappy with who we are and wouldn't mind being mistaken for someone else.

From Arabian Nights: "Oh melancholy man tell me the truth - does your willy wiggle?" From actor Louis Garrel's debut feature Two Friends: "I no longer believe in your pain".

Everyone at the BBQ seemed to be enjoying themselves, except for one melancholy child who had just learned the truth about Santa.

Give me Barbara Baynton, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Eleanor Dark and Stella Miles Franklin for the truth about the relentless hardship, cruelty and melancholy of life and death on the land that became the Australian "bush".

The truth, and the secret of their appeal, is that the melancholy and optimism are equally powerful.

A close encounter between the artist and the audience, the chord of truth without camouflage, a statement of passion, political or personal, merry or melancholy.