"Pennies saved one and two at at time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until on'e cheeks burned with the silent imputation of _____________ that such close dealing implied."

"So Della did it. Which _____________ the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."

"So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles ___________."

"In the _____________ below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which not mortal finger could coax a ring."

"Something fine and rare and ___________ --- something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim."

"Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to ___________ Her Majesty's jewels and gifts."

"It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by ______________ ornamentation -- as all good things do."

"It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ______________ -- as all good things should do."

"'You've cut off our hair?' asked Jim, ______________, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet even after the hardest mental labor."

"The dull precious metal seemed to flash with a reflection of her bright and __________ spirit."