Incorrigible offenders on these matters were "left" to the secular power, to be corrected with due (a)   .

He was intensely eager, indeed (a)   , for wealth.

The diner complained that his meal was too (a)   to consume.

His concentration was effected with his usual sureness and (a)   , but whilst the French moved on Wittenberg, Blucher was marching to his right, indifferent to his communications as all Prussia lay behind him.

Our human thought pursues (a)   and circuitous methods.

I couldn't tell whether her earlier pour mouthing had been sincere or just a (a)   to get me to pick up the dinner check.

The isolated cabin is sure to provide me with a (a)   escape from the noise of the crowded city.

When John does not take his psychiatric medicine, he might have a (a)   outburst about the smallest things.

His team continued to clear the building and toss flares into corners as they sought out any living insurgents or (a)   devices.

(a)   of war, trying to make sense of the chaos that surrounds her.

The conservative talk show host has a (a)   viewpoint and is never willing to listen to his guests' perspectives.

The new guest smiled in return but gave no (a)   sign of knowing the woman.

Using (a)   words to describe young people makes them feel less important.

They broke the chain of authority, without, however, recognizing the (a)   of toleration.

Old age was held in high honor, but it was (a)   to speak, or even to think, of the dead.

Any suggestion of an open window shade or even a night-light was (a)   dismissed.

They guaranteed absolute security to the (a)   within their limits.

I don't use history to predict the future, like some (a)   that lets me pick winning lottery numbers (don't I wish).

The surface of the department consists of (a)   and well-wooded plains, intersected by numerous valleys, and diversified in the northeast by hilly ground.