Winston Churchill once said that if a nation tries to avoid everything that is hard and _____, it will weaken its own security.

I have no respect for people who are kind and courteous to their superiors, but then _____ and unkind to the employees under them.

Only after Lincoln's death did most people appreciate the great quality times of the man who had been so ______ in his own lifetime with mean assumptions and false rumors.

The football fans were ______ throughout the championship game to the point the refs had to stop the game and security had to escort people out.

His speech had no sense of direction as he ________(ed) aimlessly through memories of his youth, descriptions of his children, and a story about his dog from the other morning.

I suffered a great financial loss after I sold my couch on Craiglist and accepted a check that turned out to be _____ when I tried to cash it.

I know you really love this dress, but don't you think $900 is a little _______ to pay for a dress you will wear one time?

We can all agree that Elizabethan drama reached its _____ with William Shakespeare's amazing works.

One of the glories of America has been its ability to ______ immigrants from all parts of the globe.

I don't know which is worse -- your failure to keep your promise to me or your ____ excuse for lying about it.

The city council elected an _____ council member to stand in the place of the member who needed to step down before the next election.

After almost all of the students were on their phones during a lesson, the teacher went on a _____ against cell phones and banned them from his class.

My mother's recipe for lemon bars is a ______ blend of tartness and sweetness.

The media was quick to publicize the story of how the penniless ______ won a scholarship to Harvard University.

Was any event in American history more _____ than the decision of the Continental Congress in 1776 to break away from Great Britain?

The ____ of social media has revolutionized the way people communicate and stay in touch.

You have reached the stage in life where you must expect to say _____ to childhood and take on the responsibilities of a young adult.

It was amazing to see how the quiet, _____ teenager changed into a tough, hard-driving leader.

When we asked for suggestions on how to improve out school's athletic program, we were _____ by "bright ideas" from all sides.