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SACCHARINE

His panegyric on his company president was too saccharine for my taste.

SACRIFICE (N)

They made a sacrifice of their lives.

“The religion of patriotism: the worship of the Nation as the supreme object of affection: the sacrifice of general unity to local feeling.” (Hilaire Belloc, Richelieu)

SACRIFICE (V)

They’re sacrificing their present comfort for their long term security.

He refused to sacrifice objectivity to the flow of his narrative.

SAD

I’m sad about that turn of events.

SAFE

I really thought my house was safe against fire.

Granny was safe at home.

please keep me safe from all harm.

His money was safe in his pocket.

I think it’s safe to go on.

The child felt safe with her elder sister.

SAIL (V)

I’m sailing (i.e. leaving by ship) for England tomorrow. “Then all the great people sailed in state (i.e. went in a dignified manner) from the room.” (C. Bronte, Universal Oxford Dictionary)

They sail (i.e. travel the sea) on a gorgeous yacht.

She sailed (i.e. navigated) solo to Liverpool, then to Amsterdam.

SAKE

growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” (Edward Abbey quoted in The Nine Nations of North America)

SALE

The sale of that famous painting was an even more famous scam.

I would have forbidden that sale to her for any of a dozen reasons.

SACCHARINE

His panegyric on his company president was too saccharine for my taste.

SACRED

SACRIFICE (N)

They made a sacrifice of their lives.

“The religion of patriotism: the worship of the Nation as the supreme object of affection: the sacrifice of general unity to local feeling.” (Hilaire Belloc, Richelieu)

SACRIFICE (V)

They’re sacrificing their present comfort for their long term security.

He refused to sacrifice objectivity to the flow of his narrative.

SAD

I’m sad about that turn of events.

SADDLE (V)

SAFE

I really thought my house was safe against fire.

Granny was safe at home.

please keep me safe from all harm.

His money was safe in his pocket.

I think it’s safe to go on.

The child felt safe with her elder sister.

SAIL (V)

I’m sailing (i.e. leaving by ship) for England tomorrow. “Then all the great people sailed in state (i.e. went in a dignified manner) from the room.” (C. Bronte, Universal Oxford Dictionary)

They sail (i.e. travel the sea) on a gorgeous yacht.

She sailed (i.e. navigated) solo to Liverpool, then to Amsterdam.

SAKE

growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” (Edward Abbey quoted in The Nine Nations of North America)

SALE

The sale of that famous painting was an even more famous scam.

I would have forbidden that sale to her for any of a dozen reasons.

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