The sadness of that parting settled heavy on Quentin's spirit.

Waylander said nothing, but sadness settled on him like a dark cloak.

And yet there were times, like now, when she felt her aloneness so completely that an almost inconsolable sadness settled over her.

The priest's face sagged, and a sadness he rarely showed settled into his eyes.

Each time she awoke, an intense sadness settled over her--worse even than the harsh grief she'd experienced at the unexpectedness of her mother's death.

His symbiosis is dissolving, he thought, and a profound sadness settled across his soul.

Catherine left shortly afterward, and it seemed a sadness had settled over them both.

Time has whittled her voice to a whisper, and sadness has settled over her like a cloak.

He paused, and an immense sadness settled upon.

A sadness settles over them like a fog from the lake.