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The phrase "more sad than" is correct and usable in written English.
It is commonly used to compare two or more people, things, or situations in terms of emotional intensity. For example, "She looked more sad than I had ever seen her before."
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Several writers seemed more sad than angry.
"I'm more sad than excited," she says.
The prisoners looked more sad than fearsome, Diaz said.
Up close, it is more sad than sinister.
Even a truly vile and racist humiliator of women is "more sad than bad".
"Nothing is more sad than how this has ended," he said.
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"And maybe there were more sad events than happy events".
Despite his contribution, Hodgson left Liverpool a more sad and broken man than many realise.
Granted, many of our local weird news stories -- like the "Causeway Cannibal" -- are more downright sad than simply funny.
There are few things more desperately sad than the demise of the Great British Video Game Arcade.
Clearly some of the people he describes don't belong in prison at all; some are more mad or sad than bad.
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