What a sad commentary on the present state of affairs.

This is a sad commentary on the state of crime in our nation.

It was a sad commentary on the nature of our society.

And wouldn't that be a sad commentary on his life, he wondered.

It was, he thought, a sad commentary on the affairs of state.

Now if that's the case, it's a very sad commentary.

But some people see the change in the last year as a sad commentary on what might have been.

"I think it's a really sad commentary about what people are interested in," she said.

His story is a sad commentary on the world today.

A sad commentary indeed on the reality of military life.