when his wife died,he was very sad.如何写出它的去掉when的同义句?

when his wife died,he was very sad.如何写出它的去掉when的同义句?
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He was very sad upon his wife's death.
sad upon sth 这样的短句意思就是“当...的时候很难过”
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再问： 能不能写成His wife died,he was very sad.如果能,解释一下
再答： 这样写前后句缺少了连贯，实际上是两个独立句子，语法上不合适。 即便用 and 或 so 作连词，His wife died and(so) he was very sad. 寓意和原来的句子比也相去甚远，少了when 所带来的“当时”的那层意思了。