The tricksters fleeced him of his inheritance.
The horse needed no encouragement; only one flick of the whip was all the jockey had to apply to get the animal to run at top speed.
He did not flinch in the face of danger but fought back bravely.
Your flippancy at this serious moment is offensive.
Like a bee flitting from flower to flower, Rose flitted from one boyfriend to the next.
The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice floes.
Because she was a botanist, she spent most of her time studying the flora of the desert.
His complexion was even more florid than usual because of his anger.
Beachcombers eke out a living by salvaging the flotsam and jetsam of the sea.
The orange trees flourished in the sun.
The headstrong youth flouted all authority; he refused to be curbed.
Meteorologists watch the fluctuations of the barometer in order to predict the weather.
He spoke French with fluency and ease.
When Douglass defeated Tyson for the heavyweight championship, some sportscasters dismissed his victory as a fluke.
The teacher's sudden question flustered him and he stammered his reply.
All that remained of the ancient building were the fluted columns.
While conditions are in such a state of flux, I do not wish to commit myself too deeply in this affair.
One of Nancy's chores ar the ranch was to put fresh supplies of fodder in the horses' stalls.
We can overlook the foibles of our friends; no one is perfect.
In "Star Wars," dark, evil Darth Vader is a perfect foil for fair-haired, naive Luke Skywalker.
In the end, Skywalker is able to foil Vader's diabolical schemes.
I will not permit you to foist such ridiculous ideas upon the membership of this group.
Every autumn before the leaves fell he promised himself he would drive though the New England to admire the colorful fall foliage.
This report will foment disssension in the club.
Don't be foolhardy. Get the advice of experienced people before undertaking this venture.
He tried to imitate the foppish manner of the young men of the court.
The company staged a midnight foray against the enemy outpost.
We must use forbearance in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.
Rather than risk using the shaky rope bridge, David walked a half-mile downstream until he came to the neartest ford.
Reverence for one's forebears (sometimes referred to as ancestor worship) plays an important part in many Oriental cultures.
Caeser ridiculed his wife's foreboding about the Ides of March.
In her best forensic manner, the lawyer addressed the jury.
In retrospect, political analysts realized that Yeltsin's defiance of the attempted coup foreshadowed his emergence as the dominant figure of the new Russian republic.
A wise investor, she had the foresight to buy land just before the current real estate boom.
By setting up a prenuptial agreement, the prospective bride and groom hoped to forestall any potential arguments about money in the event of a divorce.
Determined to lose weight for the summer, Ida decided to forgo dessert until she could fit into a size eight again.
Signing this petition is a mere formality; it does not obligate you in any way.
We must not treat the battle lightly for we are facing a formidable foe.
No one expected Foster to forsake his wife and children and run off with another woman.
The captured knight could escape death only if he agreed to forswear Christianity and embrace Islam as the one true faith.
I am not eager to play this rather seious role, for my forte is comedy.
I prefer Jill's forthright approach to Jack's tendency to beat around the bush.
He was awarded the medal for his fortitude in the battle.
There is no connection between these two events; their timing is entirely fortuitous.
According to the legend, Romulus and Remus were fostered by a she-wolf that raised the abandoned infants as her own.
After hitting the submerged iceberg, the Titanic started taking in water rapidly and soon foundered.
Among those drowned when the Titanic sank was the founder of the Abraham & Straus chain.
The military police stopped the fracas in the bar and arrested the belligerents.
The fractious horse unseated its rider.
The doctor prescribed vitamin and mineral supplements for the sick old woman because of her frailty.
The city issued a franchise to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine years.
At the time of the collision, many people became frantic with fear.
The government seeks to prevent fraudulent and misleading advertising.
Since this enterprise is fraught with danger, I will ask for volunteers who are willing to assume the risks.
The three musketeers were in the thick of fray.
His frenetic activities convinced us that he had no organized plan of operation.
As soon as they smelled smoke, the frenzied animals milled about in their cages.
The cathedral is visited by many tourists who wish to admire the frescoes by Glotto.
To fret over your poor grades is foolish; instead, decide to work harder in the future.
At this time when harmony is essential, we cannot afford to have any friction in our group.
The frieze of the church was adorned with sculpture.
Alaska is in the frigid zone.
He could not apply himself to any task and frittered away his time in idle conversation.
Though Nancy enjoyed Bill's frivolous, lighthearted companionship, she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.
The frolicsome puppy tried to lick the face of its master.
After the storm the beach was littered with the fronds of palm trees.
This peach tree should fructify in three years.
In these economically difficult days businesses must practice frugality or risk bankruptcy.
This building marks the fruition of all our aspirations and years of hard work.
The film brought a few fugitive images to her mind, but on the whole it made no lasting impression upon her.
If we use this stone as a fulcrum and the crowbar as a lever, we may be able to move this boulder.
The people against whom she fulminated were innocent of any wrongdoing.
His fulsome praise of the dictator annoyed his listeners.
As his case was transferred from one functionary to another, he began to despair of ever reaching a settlement.
The committee discussed all sorts of side issues without ever getting down to addressing the fundamental problem.
I fail to understand why there is such a funereal atmosphere; we have lost a battle, not a war.
The story of her embezzlement of the funds created a furor on the stock exchange.
The boy gave a furtive look at his classmate's test paper.
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture concludes with a thunderous fusilade of cannon fire.
The opponents of the political party in power organized a fusion of disgruntled groups and became an important element in the election.
Why waste your time on futile pursuits?
Einstein was noted for his extraordinary inspirations; on the other hand, he was noted for being feckless in his daily chores.
Like a gadfly, he irritated all the guests at the hotel; within forty eight hours, everyone regarded him as an annoying busybody.
According to Miss Manners, to call your husband by your lover's name is worse than a mere gaffe; it is a tactical mistake.
She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.
The lame man walked with an uneven gait.
The deaths of such famous actors as Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, and Marlene Dietrich demonstrate that the galaxy of Hollywood superstars is rapidly disppearing.
The knowledge of his failure filled him with gall.
Their taunts galled him.
The Spaniards pinned their hopes on the galleon, the large warship; the British, on the smaller and faster pinnace.
The entire nation was galvanized into strong military activity by the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The player was afraid to accept his opponent's gambit because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see.
Watching children gamboling in the park is a pleasant experience
Because he had fought gamely against a much superior boxer, the crowd gave him a standing ovation when he left the arena.
In this performance, the leading lady was able to demonstrate the complete gamut of her acting ability.
The huge pit gaped before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in.
A favorite party game involves passing a whispered message from one person to another; by the time it reaches the last player, the message has become totally garbled.
The gargantuan wrestler was terrified of mice.
The gargoyles adorning the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris are amusing in their grotesqueness.
