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Ann felt dejected after being denied admission to her favorite college.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

During a conversation in which my sister was asking for money, I looked at my husband and prayed he would interject.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

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CCSS.L.7.1B

Dejected after losing the job I held for the last thirty years because of financial problems.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Most of the players were dejected after losing the big game but not George.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Keep the good memories in your heart and jettison the bad ones.

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(Add a comma!)

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

The skier could not help but feel dejected after finishing last in the race.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

The quarterback threw the football on a trajectory that ended with the game-winning touchdown. 

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

You are not allowed to interject comments in Mr. Smith’s class when another person is talking but Jamie often does. 

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Add a comma!

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

The astronauts needed room for more equipment and jettisoned unwanted materials off the space center.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

The unruly patron began to throw things in the restaurant so the manage quickly decided to eject the man onto the sidewalk in front of the restaurant.

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Add a comma!

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A