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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.






2. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.






3. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.






4. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.






5. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.






6. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.






7. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.






8. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.






9. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.






10. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?






11. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.






12. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.






13. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich






14. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.






15. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.






16. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.






17. When Amanda said to the ticket scalper - 'One hundred bucks? What do you want - a pound of flesh?' she was making an _____ to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.






18. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.






19. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.






20. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.






21. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.






22. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.






23. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.






24. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.






25. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.






26. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.






27. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.






28. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.






29. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?






30. Although her _____ smile and gentle bearing made Miss Marple seem to be a sweet little old lady - in reality she was a tough-minded - shrewd observer of human nature.






31. Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to _____ her belief that her voices came from God.






32. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.






33. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.






34. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.






35. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.






36. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.






37. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.






38. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result - he was tried for _____.






39. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.






40. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.






41. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.






42. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.






43. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.






44. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.






45. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.






46. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.






47. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.






48. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.






49. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?






50. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.






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