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Sweet a SYN Saccharine luscious fragrant
= KEY: Sweet \a.\. SYN: Saccharine, luscious, fragrant, dulcet, melodious, harmonious, musical, beautiful, lovely, wholesome, pleasing, pure, mild, winning, agreeable, fresh, gentle, amiable.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

señalando a su sobrino la frondosa
La señora se sonreía con bondad maternal, señalando a su sobrino la frondosa arboleda que tras los cristales aparecía.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

sod and sun Sweet litigants for
She doth not wait for June; Before the world is green Her sturdy little countenance Against the wind is seen, Contending with the grass, Near kinsman to herself, For privilege of sod and sun, Sweet litigants for life.
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson

shed a soft steady light from
The lantern shed a soft, steady light from one wall.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

sheet after sheet sibylline leaves from
This is only a record of my heart's life, written at random and carelessly thrown aside, sheet after sheet, sibylline leaves from the great book of fate.
— from Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz

spirits and said so little for
Indeed, the little gentleman seemed to have lost his spirits, and said so little (for him), that I was encouraged to corner him that very evening and force him to a confession.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

sat a stiff solemn little figure
She peeped into the drawing-room, and there sat a stiff, solemn little figure—a new girl, no doubt—and, yes, here was Eleanor bringing Peggy Forrest to introduce to the newcomer.
— from Judy of York Hill by Ethel Hume Bennett

seat And Satan smiles like Foxy
The widow stands, the fat man gets the seat And Satan smiles like Foxy M. Depew.
— from The Love Sonnets of a Car Conductor by Wallace Irwin


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