Sentence examples for sad duty from inspiring English sources

This is a very sad duty".

He told Wallace it was his "sad duty" to order him to stand aside.

He had the sad duty of retrieving the bodies at Nasiriya.

For today it is my sad duty to inform you that the ballerina pump is dead.

It is my sad duty to inform you all that Terry Sue Patt who played Benny Green has passed away.

It is my sad duty to inform Donald Trump that his hair is not a feminist issue.

One of his sad duties since his return -- as a father more than a chaplain -- was to attend a funeral on behalf of his military son, who lost a brother in arms to an improvised explosive device a few weeks ago.

Governor Sanford displayed a sad dereliction of duty in abandoning the people of the entire state of South Carolina, and his personal tour of redemption is now a disservice to the people of the Lowcountry".

The T.L.C.'s own statistics point to a sad truth: on-duty cabs in New York spend, on average, more than 40 percent of their time empty.

It has been a sad day but, as their brothers-in-arms, we remain committed in our duty to continue with our mission.

"The history of soccer," Galeano writes, is a sad voyage from beauty to duty.