noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , great , overwhelming , profound , real
… OF SADNESS
▪ hint , tinge , touch
▪
There was a hint of ~ in her voice.
VERB + SADNESS
▪ be filled with , be full of , feel
▪
Claudia felt a deep ~.
▪ hear , notice , see , sense
▪
He saw the ~ on her face.
▪ express , show
▪ hide
▪ bring (sb)
▪
I had brought nothing but ~ to my family.
▪ be tinged with
▪
Our joy was tinged with ~.
SADNESS + VERB
▪ fill sth
▪
A deep ~ filled his heart.
▪ creep over sb , overcome sb , overwhelm sb , wash over sb , well up inside sb
PREPOSITION
▪ with ~
▪
It was with great ~ that we learned of his death.
▪ ~ about , ~ at , ~ over
▪
He expressed his ~ about what had happened.
▪ ~ for
▪
Kate felt a great ~ for those who had lost their houses.
PHRASES
▪ an air of ~ , an aura of ~
▪
a lonely place with an air of ~
▪ a note of ~
▪ a feeling of ~ , a sense of ~