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Discover LudwigThe phrase "sad sight" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that evokes feelings of sorrow or disappointment when observed.
Example: "The abandoned playground was a sad sight, overgrown with weeds and neglect."
Alternatives: "heartbreaking view" or "sorrowful scene."
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A sad sight.
It was a sad sight.
That evening, I was the sad sight.
To me, that was a pretty sad sight".
It was a sad sight, as both biographies note.
"It was a sad sight," Mr. Halkias said.
Rhiannon Kearns, another local, said: "It's really a sad sight.
"I'm stood on Wearyall Hill looking at a sad, sad, sight.
It's a sad sight — a warming puddle, where the Stanislaus River once ran through it.
The whole dish was a sad sight, and a dry dinner.
"It's a sad sight," says Maurice Nicotra, 47, surveying the abandoned plant.
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