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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.






2. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.






3. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.






4. Although the University of California at Berkeley is just one part of the state university system - in many ways - Cal Berkeley is _____ - for it runs several programs that are not subject to state control.






5. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.






6. Because the student body at their daughter's prep school was so _____ - they decided to send her to a school that offered greater cultural diversity.






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






8. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.






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






10. When I saw how Fred and his fraternity brothers had trashed the frat house - I decided to _____ my offer to let them use our summer cottage over spring break.






11. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.






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






13. 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.






14. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.






15. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.






16. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.






17. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.






18. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.






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






20. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.






21. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.






22. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.






23. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.






24. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.






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






26. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.






27. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.






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






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






30. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.






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






32. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.






33. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.






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






35. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.






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






43. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.






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






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






46. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.






47. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.






48. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.






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






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







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