By concentrating on personal gain, he has--- both himself and the high office to which he was elected.

The starving children shown in the TV special looked more like---- than living creatures

Whenever I go to a concert, I seem to spend half my time shushing the --- boors who chitchat while the orchestras playing

As--- for the damage he had caused to the family car, Phil promised to clean and polish it regularly for a full year

Since my next paycheck was not to be had until the first of the month, I reconciled myself to living---- until then.

The woman is known and loved throughout the community for her many--- acts on behalf of all types of unfortunates.

the principal--- the entire student body for their discourteous behavior toward the guest speaker at the school assembly.

His--- schemes for world conquest collapsed in a nightmare of military defeat and internal revolt.

In his clumsy efforts to be recognized as an "intellectual," he --- endlessly about matters he does not really understand.

All the power of Great Britain could not shake the American colonists in their---opposition to measures that they considered unfair and tyrannical.

She is such a--- foe that the trite phrase that her students tremble lest her wrath descend on them for using a cliche.

The sale of so many great works of art to foreign collectors is, in my eyes, little more than --- of our cultural heritage.

The master chef was ---- a dessert that is so rich that it will be a menace to weight watchers throughout the country.

He was so--- about every detail that it is said he irons his shoelaces before wearing them.

Her self-confidence is so unshakeable that she is simply not--- to "put-down" remarks that would annoy other people.

The fact that he did everything possible to help the poor child after the accident tends to --- his responsibility for the tragedy.

It is a--- of the memory of Lincoln to involve his name in defense of such a racist policy.

Although his conduct may not have violated any law, I consider it a gross--- of conventional ethical standards.

The conductor of the orchestra was so --- by the noisy audience that he stopped the performance and asked for quiet