She gives me this look of disdain ever since I cut her favorite doll's hair.

Jane got it into her mind that she could get out of studying for any test just by feigning illness the night before the exam.

Gordon wasn't sure that he cut out the shapes properly. He was afraid that he might have made them uneven, but his teacher assured him that his shapes were perfectly symmetrical.

Janie was gratified when the teacher used her project as an example for other classes.

The music teacher had difficulty tolerating the discordant noises produced by her kindergarten class.

Suzie's mother taught her to never let anyone degrade her, so now she demands respect in all of her relationships.

The dogs were so hungry that they would have fought one another for a morsel of meat.

My mom always worries about my grades and the colleges that I'll be able to attend, but if she were a little less fretful, she'd be a lot more fun.

The sweltering weather is so uncomfortable. We turned on all our electric fans but it didn't help much.

The new student on our soccer team is a novice because they are just learning how to play.

Aaron is a wonderful piano player, but Sophia is more versatile; she sings, acts, paints, and writes poetry, and also plays the piano.

Ms. Hallett did not have lunch or breakfast, so she was famished by dinnertime.

I was so parched, I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp.

They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days.

As the summer sun sent scattered rays through the maple and oak leaves overhead, the young deer stood frozen, making it almost impossible for the hikers to see her.

Poor Farmer Chavez labors sixteen hours a day and never has time for a vacation. He deserves better! Everyone should have at least one day a week for rest and relaxation.

We could tell by the rotten smell that something putrid was in our trash can.

Using certain body language is illicit in some countries, but allowed in others.

The man was sent to the penitentiary for stealing cars.