- I was impressed by the _________________________ way our hostess guided the conversation away from the topics that might be embarrassing to her guests.
- The bold candidate threw down the _______________________ and dared her opponent to face her in a televised debate.
- I was so ____________________________ about whether to go out for basketball or for swimming that I ended up not making the tryouts for either sport.
- I don't think I'd call such a(n) ________________________ grammatical mistake a minor "slip of the pen".
- Sure, it's great to be a big-league ball player, but bear in mind that the years of stardom are brief and _________________________.
- Thomas Bowler ___________________________ certain words from Shakespeare's plays because he felt that they were unfit to "Be read aloud in a family."
- Anyone as ___________________________ as that trainee will have trouble accustoming himself to the sights sounds, and smells of hospital work.
- Who can ever forget those pictures showing the ___________________________ faces of the people who had been in concentration camps.
- Our discussion that day was a(n) __________________________ one, based on the possibility -- still far from definite -- that I would take the job.
- Though her overall position seemed to be sensible, her language was so unrestrained and ___________________________ that people wouldn't support her.
- Now that these ugly facts about his business dealings have come to light, I must ________________________ my support of his candidacy.
- He went right on with his speech, refusing to be ___________________________ by the heckling of a few loudmouths.
- We are, I trust, long past the time when it was considered quite "natural" for newly elected officials to ________________________ the city treasury.
- His work on behalf of the homeless was merely the latest in a long line of ____________________________ undertakings.
- His conceit is so great and so immune to the lessons of experience that this must be considered a kind of _______________________________.
- In his determination to be blunt and honest he has ______________________________ the limits of good taste.
- To the ___________________________ of the people in the stands, the lion leaped out of the cage and bounded toward the exit.
- Though she looked rather frail her __________________________ spirit made her a timeless crusader for women's rights.
- She is a person of such fine moral standards that she seems incapable of a(n) ____________________________ act.
- Far from presenting a unified front, the party is torn by all kinds of strife and _____________________________ .