How to use sadly in a sentence

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• Sadly, I got my brains from my mom and my looks from the mailman.From the entry brains
• Sadly, my new laptop is even more jank than my old one.From the entry jank
• The class has a number of prerequisites, so sadly there is a barrier to entry.From the entry barrier to entry
• I don't think there's any hope of repealing this city's silly parking bylaw. The genie is out of the bottle, sadly.From the entry the genie is out of the bottle
• Sadly, the incongruencies between the two could not be overcome.From the entry incongruencies
• The red wine, sadly, lacked body.From the entry body
• It was a grand statement of optimism that would sadly come to nought.2024 May 15, Greg Morse, “West Coast electric... all the way”, in RAIL, number 1009, page 41. From the entry come to nought
• Sadly, structural issues allow—and even incentivize—states to exploit and manipulate the TANF program.2024 September 23, Sam Adolphsen, Paige Terryberry, “WITH REFORM, TANF CAN LIFT AMERICAN FAMILIES OUT OF DEPENDENCY”, in Foundation for…. From the entry TANF
• "Sadly, this is in stark contrast with the response from the Westminster government.2023 May 31, Mel Holley, “Network News: ASLEF recommends £71,000 pay deal for TfW drivers”, in RAIL, number 984, page 20. From the entry devolved
• Sadly, we need joined-up thinking and action from government - one thing that's been in short supply.2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79. From the entry joined up
• Has this prompted the kind of LGBTphobic backlash we sadly see in the real world?2020 February, “Queer Gaming Stories”, in Bi Community News, number 159. From the entry LGBTphobic
• Sadly, she had also contracted sepsis, and had to be kept on the NICU.2019 December 12, “Silent fright”, in Pick Me Up, London, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry Renesmee
• Fairlands turned sadly from the fireplace and walked slowly to the window.2017, Martin Edwards, Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry black Christmas
• He checked it against his clipboard then sadly shook his head as if he'd been rejected himself.2016 July 18, Wayne Kaatz, chapter 11, in Stuck on Earth, Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry happy
• Sadly we live in a world where spermjacking is socially acceptable and actually encouraged among some women.2015, James McAllister, The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Business, Finance, and Life. From the entry spermjacking
• Sadly, I was the one minxing around, so I was inevitably going to meet a horrible death.2014, Kelly Brook, Close Up: The Autobiography, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, →ISBN. From the entry minx
• 'Sadly, the play-actor is running and hiding like a rabbit,' the man went on.2014, Douglas Hill, Torment, →ISBN. From the entry play-actor
• Sadly, it’s no longer in print, but that’s what libraries and used book stores are for.2014 January 2–8, Lisa Parsons, “From the Bookshelf”, in The Hippo, volume 14, number 1, Manchester, N.H.: Hippo Press, page 60. From the entry used book store
• Sadly for you, Cara gets just as much of a kick out face-stalking them as you do.2014, Holly Marie Tong, Chick Flicks Lie: Sugar-free Accounts of a Positive Pessimist, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry face-stalk
• So I smiled at him, and he smiled sadly at me, and pulled out his accordion.2013, Isaac Stone Fish, “My Dinner With Alptekin”, in Foreign Policy. From the entry East Turkestan
• Sadly, at the end of his life, Luther became somewhat of a nutso.2012, A. J. Swoboda, Messy: God Likes It That Way, →ISBN, page 143. From the entry nutso
• All of this was run by one very energetic music teacher who sadly died last year.2011, Lucy Green, Learning, Teaching, and Musical Identity: Voices Across Cultures, page 228. From the entry interform
• Ironically, and sadly, the alternative is not the case in dadless television families.2010, Shirley R. Steinberg, Michael Kehler, Lindsay Cornish, Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia - Volume 1, page 295. From the entry dadless
• All this pro-plumpitude is sadly undercut by the demise of Divine.2010, Garry Mulholland, “Hairspray”, in Popcorn: Fifty Years of Rock ’n’ Roll Movies, Orion Books, →ISBN, page 283. From the entry plumpitude
• If this Sidhe, this so-called cousin, thought he could outhaughty me, intimidate me, he was sadly mistaken.2009, Maria Lima, Blood Bargain, →ISBN. From the entry outhaughty
• As sadly found in many a spawnpoint near many a bout of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory these days.2007 March, PC Zone, number 178, page 19. From the entry spawnpoint
• (Sadly, the trip to the United Kingdom took all my frequent flyer miles.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave…. From the entry oh, well
• With these exceptions, however, “Baja to Vancouver” came over, sadly, like a carefully planned, committee-selected blandfest.2004, Canadian Art, volume 21, page 74. From the entry blandfest
• Sadly, people allow their Green-wings to lose their hand tameness and, therefore, compromise their pet potential.2003, Companion Parrot Quarterly - Issues 59-64 - Page 56. From the entry hand-tameness
• Sadly, I detect a pattern I was sure would develop if Haven ever decided to abandon vagitarianism.2002 June 10, Pete Zaface, “Rog DVD Review- 100% HAVEN”, in rec.arts.movies.erotica (Usenet). From the entry vagitarianism
• Sadly, the U. of Pitt server DOES NOT include alt.bogfart newsgroup,But, Wait, JOHN D.1996 February 12, Andrew W Beckwith, “What the hell? An alt.flamer moderating alt.bigfoot?????????????”, in alt.flame (Usenet), retrieved…. From the entry alt.flamer
• Happily, or sadly, I'm not sure, the world is not such a simple place.1994 March 17, John R. Snead, “Re: Elf!!, the Unauthorized Queer”, in soc.bi (Usenet). From the entry queerphobe
• I am a wet noodle, she had said sadly to Sister Albertine.1978, The Colorado Quarterly - Volume 27, page 115. From the entry wet noodle
• “Ai-ai-ai,” Aaron cries sadly, “you were always such a quiet girlchik.”1940, Theodor Reik, From Thirty Years with Freud, →OCLC, page 187. From the entry girlchik
• Sadly the pair returned to the Calaboose, Johnless but not sackless.1936 November, Julian Dana, “‘God—Grant—Victory’”, in The Man Who Built San Francisco: A Study of Ralston’s Journey with Banners, New…. From the entry johnless
• It's rain afoor meeght, t'sun waded sadly ez sha peeped ower Roseberry.1911, Richard Blakeborough, Wit, Character, Folklore & Customs of the North Riding of Yorkshire, page 486. From the entry wade

Meaning of sadly

1. adverb In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
2. adverb Unfortunately, sad to say.
3. adverb In a manner to cause sadness; badly; terribly.

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Questions about sadly in a sentence

How do you use sadly in a sentence?

Sadly is used as an adverb. For example: ““Only when we climb up can we see it,” he said sadly.”

What is a short sentence with sadly?

“The red wine, sadly, lacked body.”

What does sadly mean?

Sadly means in a sad manner; sorrowfully.