The case has become complicated for elected officials, as the sentiment of many residents has shifted from hatred to a weary sadness.

"You forgot," she says, no accusation, just a weary and disappointed sadness.

"hope," he said, a curious, weary sadness in his voice.

A man whose wife regarded him with a certain weary sadness that was painful to look at.

His voice was deep but muted, as if a sort of weary sadness in him made it a special effort to speak.

He had a weary sadness in him; his face was full of it.

'Because he doesn't yet know,' Ethan said with a weary sadness.

A wash of regret burbled through me, leaving weary sadness behind.

Myali approached the last couple, two who stood close and solemn, a cold, weary sadness growing in their eyes.

"That's crazy," he sighed, the look of weary sadness in his eyes.