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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.






2. Matilda thought it was somewhat _____ of the young man to have addressed her without first having been introduced. Perhaps manners were freer here in the New World.






3. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.






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






5. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.






6. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.






7. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.






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






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






10. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.






11. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.






12. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.






13. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.






14. 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.






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






16. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.






17. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.






18. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.






19. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.






20. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.






21. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.






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






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






24. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.






25. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.






26. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.






27. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.






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






29. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.






30. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.






31. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.






32. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.






33. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.






34. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.






35. Although some girls were attracted by Mark's air of _____ - Judy was put off by it - for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness.






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






37. All things change over time; nothing is _____.






38. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.






39. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.






40. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.






41. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.






42. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'






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






44. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.






45. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.






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






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






48. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.






49. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.






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







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