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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Example sentences from the Web for sab

The qar'na (horn, κέρας) and sab'ka (σαμβύκη) are in root both Greek and Aramean.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel|F. W. Farrar
Birk will burn be it burn drawn; sauch will sab if it were simmer sawn.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
Wikti sab mi dihà bi, How about tossing some of your extra mahjong winnings our way?
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
Sab not sae sair, Lawrie—God was gracious to let him live to this day, that he micht dee in his brither's arms.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2|John Wilson

The year after the departure of Porsen'na, the Sab'ines invading the Roman territories, committed great devastations.
Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome|Oliver Goldsmith

British Dictionary definitions for sab

sab

/ (sæb) /

noun

informal a person engaged in direct action to prevent a targeted activity, esp fox hunting, taking place

Word Origin for sab

C20: shortened from saboteur

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