Unit 2 Sentences 10th

I trust that we will have the will to improve what can now be improved and the patience to bear what cannot now be ___.

When the bridge suddenly collapsed in the high winds, the people on it at the time were ___ to their deaths in the watery abyss below.

"Long periods of intense boredom punctuated by short periods of intense fear"--in this famous definition a British general ___ the nature of war.

We are all ready and willing to do what must be done; what must be done; what we need is leadership--not

Must we continue to listen to all this childish ___!

A sour odor of decay, stale air, and generations of living ___ every corner of the old tenement.

She handled a potentially embarrassing situation with cool ___.

His message may seem ___, but there is a solid framework of practical ideas underlying the rather pompous language.

In this situation we cannot act on the basis of what may be ___, but only in accordance with what is definitely known.

"I'm sure your every wish will be granted," I assured the demanding child, my tongue firmly in my cheek, "when and if the ___ ever comes!"