Soft crashing waves, the smell of salt in the air, the moonlight in the glistening waters: it was a place of (a)   .

The man took a Q-tip, swabbed the inside of my cheek, and walked away with the (a)   .

To play sports, you should have (a)   , so you don’t run out of breath quickly.

The speech was very (a)   but got the message across.

I began to strut down the sidewalk with my friends as girls walked by; we had more (a)   than our older brothers.

The bees (a)   me because I spilled a tiny bit of honey on my shirt.

I learned some new (a)   in chess and my skills improved.

The rain made the funeral look even more (a)   than it originally had been.

To have fun in high school, you probably need to be (a)   .