Sylvia shivered in her silk shirt, the difference in temperature between the hot road and the cold library was extreme.

The grip of the pantyhose, the stranglehold of the scarf, and the bite of the tight shoes made Rachel want the interview to end, she longed for a cotton T-shirt and jeans.

Many road signs warned Tommy of the construction work ahead, he didn't realize that his lane was closed, though, until he mowed down a traffic barricade with the front of his car.

Ingie looked at his wife's collection of cookbooks and sighed, although there were thousands of recipes for delicious meals, he knew Valerie would want to order another pepperoni and mushroom pizza for dinner.

While flirting on the phone with the satellite dish salesman, Rose forgot about the omelet cooking in the kitchen, she did not expect the stovetop fire that filled the house with smoke.

With her heavy dictionary, (A) Donna thumps the top of her ancient computer monitor. (B) Whenever the color tint flickers (C) from normal to sickly yellow.

Karlene drove slowly through the heavy traffic. (A) Anticipating a bag of microwave popcorn (B) and a couple of hours in front of the television (C) as her reward for a hard day at work.

Mackenzie had to leave the room, (A) for her father was noisily crunching raw radishes, (B) which produced so annoying a sound (C) that studying was impossible.

Because he had eaten a stack of twelve pancakes, (A) Emanuel heard his stomach begin to rumble (B) as it processed the food. (C) Gurgling loudly to protest the huge meal.

Not only did Hank despise the way June chewed with her mouth open, _________ finding her wet towels all over the bathroom floor.

After Amanda cashes her paycheck, the money goes to her savings account, cappuccino fund, and __________.

We searched the car trunk, __________, and the refrigerator, but we could not find the box of cornflakes that we remember buying.

The blue, creamy frosting from the cupcake hung like a stalactite at the tip of poor George’s nose, causing Michelle to giggle uncontrollably.

Anthony wanted fried chicken for lunch, but the cafeteria offered only greenish meatballs with overcooked noodles, and crispy meatloaf with lumpy mashed potatoes.

To clean up the kitchen more quickly, Maria let Romeo, the family’s German shepherd prewash the dishes with his fat, pink tongue.

“Don’t let the cat out”, warned my roommate Beatrice. “Yesterday, he brought home another dead squirrel,” she then explained to me.

Swimming in cloudy water, the goldfish peered through the dirty, aquarium glass, hoping that today Fred would remember to sprinkle some food into the tank.

Simon needed a dollar for a soda but discovered that his wallet was empty, so he gave the machine a hard kick, hoping to dislodge a bottle for free.

Rhonda remembered to grab a jacket before she left the house, so that she wouldn’t freeze for fifty minutes in College Algebra.

Sandra spent every dime on her vacation to Cancun, Mexico, where she went shopping, dancing, swimming, and sightseeing, she doesn't care that her rent will be late and that she will have to eat macaroni and cheese for a week.

Richard squeezed, thumped, and shook the empty shampoo bottle, hoping for a few drops to wash his dirty hair, since the bottle was completely empty, Richard worked up a lather with a few sprinkles of bathroom cleanser instead.

Fred blew and blew on the globs of liquid white-out, but they refused to dry when the professor called time, Fred closed the cover of his exam book and hoped the pages wouldn't cement together.

Carlos not only missed his one-year anniversary with Adrianna __________.

Teresa was expecting a visit from her mother, so she spent the day cleaning the shelves of the refrigerator, scrubbing mold from the bathroom tile grout, and __________.

Neither __________ nor the ineffective air conditioner rattling in the window will deter Tiffany from loving the freedom of her first apartment.

Mike has terrible eating habits when he opened his lunch bag, we saw a bag of potato chips, two candy bars, cellophane-wrapped cupcakes, and a carton of chocolate milk.

What is the clearest way to write the following sentence: The presents were delivered to our home by Santa and Rudolph.

They want to find out if too much jet lag could permanently (affect/effect) memory.

Disco music is a lot less popular (then, than) it used to be.

Riana is meeting her (there, their, they’re) after dinner.

The twins explained that (there, their, they’re) parrot flew away when they opened the window.

To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or __________.