He seems sad all the time, even when she's around, but she seems even sadder.

Arif was, by contrast, a quiet child, often seeming sad.

He seemed very sad all of a sudden.

In another context the downward turn of his lips might have seemed sad; under the present circumstances it took on a sinister cast.

"I am afraid it is the end," Psyche said, seeming sad rather than afraid.

Miss Marple, though with no idea of what had seemed so sad, sighed and shook her head.

Instead of sounding happy, she'd seemed sad, and he'd sensed in her a deep pain she couldn't hide.

Since there wasn't going to be one, it seemed incredibly sad to me.

The Shaman had declined to explain it, though he had seemed sad.

"He seems so sad all the time," Gabby said.