Sentence examples for paralyzing sadness from inspiring English sources

Handel commands our attention with bold changes of tone, vivid swings from joy to rage, and spells of paralyzing sadness.

The mood passes from rough-edged exhilaration to paralyzing sadness, with the second movement's long-lined lament forming a deep expressive core.

It is sombrely beautiful music that sets you on the edge of paralyzing sadness, or, perhaps, pulls you back gently from the brink.

The paralyzing sadness (and teetering rage) that now hangs in the air (in response to an all-white jury verdict) is also not new.

So my first emotion was paralyzing sadness.

Our predicament then justified grieving, but wouldn't the release of those caged feelings lead to sadness, melancholia, paralyzing depression?

But as the first ripples of sadness swell to a paralyzing crescendo of distress, she never loses her grip on a character that is unrelentingly embattled.

Parenting is filled with powerful emotions ranging from unadulterated joy to paralyzing worry to moments or real sadness.

Whereas it's perfectly normal to feel sadness and grief in "waves," even years after a loss, for some people, the grief will become paralyzing.

All-consuming, paralyzing terror.

Unlimited choice is paralyzing.