The pickled, purple pear was plump and pretty.

"That test was a breeze!" shouted Angelo, as he scampered out of math class.

"I could kill for a cup of coffee right now," said Maeghan, as she struggled to stay awake.

Brianna glanced down at her desk, and the pages of unanswered questions on the science test taunted her.

The leaves crunched beneath the dog's feet as she ran across the backyard.

My heart sank like the Titanic when I saw Jennifer talking to another boy.

The sleek, black-furred cat opened its sparkling green eyes and purred loudly.

Losing his job ended up being a blessing in disguise because it led to his reunion with his long lost brother.

Next to my petite older sister, I look as big as an elephant.

From across the room, Selena sent Cecelia a smile.

Out the window, the snow was a white blanket covering our yard.

His out of tune singing was like nails on a chalkboard.

Stop beating around the bush and just tell me the truth!

His height combined with his yellow suit and tufts of blonde gave him an appearance similar to Big Bird

The fall from the tree house had stolen his memory.

The bumble bee buzzed around the garden, hovering near various flowers.

By late May, Ms. Ruehlmann's classroom was hotter than Hades.

The small LED light radiated heat like a miniature sun.

Henry hikes on the high Himalayan mountains.

The pressure to make such a big decision hung on my shoulders, as heavy as two full grown male whales.

Although it had only been 30 seconds, I heard the kernels popping in the microwave.

The flames danced in the fire pit.

Kelly's prom dress, that she insisted she needed and refused to leave the store without, had cost an arm and a leg.

The puppy had looked like a runt when they adopted him, but since then he'd grown like Clifford the Big Red Dog.

The bitter cold air bit at his exposed fingers as he struggled to put on his mittens.

At age 98, the old man finally kicked the bucket.

The floor groaned and creaked under the weight of his large frame.

"But, Dad! Those shoes are calling my name!" exclaimed my sister, in an attempt to convince our father to buy her something else she didn't need.

The large lizard leapt from log to log.

"Mr. Neck storms into class, a bull chasing 33 red flags" (Speak).

"You're killing me, Smalls!" exclaimed Ham, in frustration (The Sandlot).

The slimy snail stole a small sliver of silver.

She lies gasping on the sand like a fish out of water.

Her long red hair was a flag in the wind, signaling all of us to come closer.

"This is the worst comic ever made!" she yelled, even though the comic in question was clearly of professional quality.

The flames jumped from branch to branch, sending sparks dancing through the air.

The chilled ice water quenched the man's parched throat.

"Well," I began to admit, "I'm in a real pickle, and I could really use your help."

Seconds after the crash, shattered glass melodically fell onto the tile floor.

It was hard to sneak anything by the unblinking eyes of her parents.

The sneaky snakes slowly slithered south.

His ego was as fragile as a baby bird.

Her hair, a tangled mess of coppery brown, was as vast and convoluted as the trees in the Amazon Rainforest.

The eyes of the painting followed me around the room.

"It came crackling over the hills, like an invisible fog."

"I do want to leave, in the desperate way that an animal wants to escape a trap."

The bubbling green liquid flowed slowly from the wound on his shoulder.

Before the performance, an assistant delivered flowers to her dressing room, with a card that read, "Break a leg!"

As she solved the difficult equation, a classmate complimented her for being as brilliant as Einstein.

My upper body ached so badly that it was as if the 30 minute workout I did yesterday had been 10,000 push ups.

He was a bomb waiting to explode.

As he looked me in the eyes and lied, I swore I saw his nose growing just like Pinocchio's.

He was acting like a rabid animal.

The ticking of the clock lulled me to sleep.

Danny ran as fast as Sonic the Hedgehog.

Her stomach was a bottomless pit.

As I walked into the classroom, I could instantly tell that the substitute teacher had woken up on the wrong side of the bed.

She said a million things with one smile.

The wind howled in the night.