Sadly, it's metaphorically true.

The Capital Master Plan for United Nations Headquarters in New York is an issue that has, sadly enough, been mired in what the Secretary General terms political and financial dynamics.

The answer sadly is unlikely.

And, sadly, we don't know.

Sadly, the situation remained critical.

Sadly, this device has been dismantled.

The old, sadly, we will die.

Very sadly, he took his own life.

Sadly, he will never practise medicine again.

Sadly, he's anonymous. His name is not mentioned.

A little studio and it's sadly for sale.

He used to love me, she answered sadly.

Sadly, the family of Qalandars depended on this bear.

Sadly, many other crises continue to suffer from neglect.

But sadly, today, languages are dying at an unprecedented rate.

Sadly, that is also true of the United Nations itself.

We sadly note how strongly military complexes dominate our world.

Human rights abuses sadly persist in many parts of the world.

And all of them, sadly, entail grave violations of human rights.

He told me sadly, I'm not sure whether I should be alive .

Sadly, however, the period has not been without its share of tragedies.

Sadly, in Burma Myanmar, human rights and democracy continue to be denied.

So totalitarian or authoritarian states more interested in hiding their own oppression than fairly judging other nations can easily trigger a sort of political pogrom against any democracy that annoys enough tyrants. Sadly, many free countries seem utterly indifferent to the ongoing campaign against Israel.

Sadly, 20 million babies like this are born every year around the world.

My generation really, sadly, is not going to change the numbers at the top.

Sadly, their parents mistake bottle caps for food tossing about in the ocean surface.

But sadly, it is concentrated in the emerging economies of a few best performers.

The doctors did all they could to control Tom's disease but, sadly, to no avail.

What underpinned this shame, this I'm not good enough, which we all know that feeling I'm not blank enough. I'm not thin enough, rich enough, beautiful enough, smart enough, promoted enough.

Enough is enough.

Sadly, it's come true. Malaria, as we all know, kills approximately one million people a year.

Our record of success in mediating and implementing peace agreements is sadly blemished by some devastating failures.

I know you don't think that you're pretty enough or smart enough or talented enough or powerful enough.

Advocate for respect of personal dignity, for justice and peace, which sadly our administration has not been doing.

Sadly, over the past weeks, acts of violence between Israelis and Palestinians have once again multiplied and escalated.

PARIS The newspaper commentaries that I write often have a dark perspective. Sadly, this one will be no different.

Lest any soul should say 'Sadly, I have neglected my duty to Allah and was of those that mocked'

Lest any soul should say 'Sadly, I have neglected my duty to Allah and was of those that mocked'

Sadly, sexual violence committed by soldiers, police and Government aligned militias remains a widespread feature of the Darfur conflict.

Sadly, the underprivileged in poor countries have no hope for any silver lining to brighten their permanently bleak existence.

There is, sadly, every chance that Al Qaida will continue to menace the world for some time to come.

Sadly, the people of Myanmar today do not enjoy the fruits of economic and social development as they might.

We sadly note that, yet again, the victims have been civilians and that the vast majority have been Palestinian.

And if I can just get enough money to tell enough people, I'll sell enough.

I wasn't good enough I wasn't smart enough.