Then, _________. Are you good at your job? Fine. You may keep it. Are you unsatisfactory? Is there a greater need elsewhere? You will be re-assigned.

Behind it was a space of ______darkness.

My confidence in you has been seriously diminished since I heard about the disreputable activities in which you _______ on Thursday last.

He _______ a moment about what he was about to do.

It was a ____ rock wall, straight up and down and slick with spray, and at first that was all she saw.

...if he could just get a look at the generator, he would have the clue he needed. From there, he could begin to work on a solution that would keep the lights of Ember burning. But one _______ of the generator showed him how foolish he was.

Ember was in ______ danger.

The mayor's voice kept coming in blasts of ____________ sound, and the people in the crowd were either shouting angrily or yelping in fear of being squashed

"And when anger is the boss, you get—"  "I know," said Doon. "Unintended _________?"

It was a mystery in itself, whatever it was, and Lina was ________ to solve it.

Often they didn't even come out into the street but _______ to a messenger from their doorway.

He found another supply closet at the far south end of the Pipeworks—at least, he _________ that's what it was.

Maybe it wasn't the door out of Ember, but it was a mystery ________—a mystery connected, she was sure, to the bigger mystery they were trying to solve.

The copy was as accurate as she could make it, with the missing bits between the letters carefully __________ as dashes.