The mother ______________ waved away her child.

The ________________ landscape was dry and barren.

I don't see any long, relaxing vacations in the ____________ future.

She wrings her hands in _________________.

She did not _________ that there were any problems.

The puppy sat at the top of the _______________, not knowing how to climb down.

His story was quite elaborate and ________________.

_____________ the temperature was rather warm, she still insisted on wearing her sweatshirt.

The nervous boy was so scared that he tended to ___________ most of his speech.

The icy roads were very ______________.

The man was running late and was _________ of his secretary's request.

The children took turns sliding down the _____________.

There is almost always an ______________ to the rule.

The royal family is used to living in ______________.

The young girl does closely ___________ her grandmother.

The family had been through a _____________ experience.

The old, rickety bridge was on the verge of _____________.

We took the time to ____________ the veterans in the audience.

Listening to the hour long speech felt like ________________.