Quoting Coach Paul Johnson, "Today, I sadly accepted Joe's resignation.

"This was a decision that Howell and Gerald made, that I sadly accepted," he said.

When John Paul cannot make that promise, Kieron sadly accepts their relationship is over.

There was an odd note to his voice, as if he were reluctantly, sadly accepting the inevitable.

The sales staff sadly accepted the loss; Jeffrey R. Immelt, the chief executive, refused to.

He sadly accepts his misfortunes, seeming to accept this way of life as inescapable, which may be the cause of his sad disposition.

This is perhaps the only answer that could make sense to Big Bird, at least for now, and he sadly accepts it.

Mary Lincoln gave Baker a bouquet of flowers, which he accepted graciously and sadly: "Very beautiful.

Nicole sadly accepts that she was never Nicole Bernhardt and that she never lived during the Holocaust.

Pongo tells Sirius the dogs cannot abandon their humans and the Dog Star sadly accepts the decision.