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sadness of soul

sanguine of success [sanguine = cheerfully confident; optimistic]


sanity of judgment


savoring of quackery


scantiness of resources


scarves of smoke


school of adversity


scrap of knowledge


scruple of conscience


searchlight of truth


semblance of composure


sensation of pity


sense of urgency


sentiment of disapprobation [approbation = warm approval; praise]


sequence of events


serenity of mind


severity of style


shackles of civilization


shade of doubt


shadow of truth


shallowness of thought


shock of apprehension


shouts of approval


shower of abuse


shriek of wrath


shuttle of life


sigh of wind


singleness of purpose


slave of malice


slough of ignorance


slumber of death


smile of raillery [raillery = good-natured teasing; banter]


solace of adversity


soul of generosity


source of renown


spark of perception


species of despotism


spell of emotion


sphere of influence


spice of caricature


splendor of imagination


spur of necessity


start of uneasiness


stateliness of movement


sting of satire


stolidity of sensation


storehouse of facts


storm of criticism


stream of humanity


stress of life


string of episodes


stroke of fate


substratum of belief


subtlety of intellect


succession of events


suggestion of fancy


sum of happiness


summit of misery


sunshine of life


supremacy of good


surface of events


surfeit of verbiage [surfeit = supply to excess]


surge of pathos


suspense of judgment


suspicion of flattery


sweep of landscape


symbol of admiration


system of aspersion

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