We all wondered at his meteoric rise to fame.
An accountant must be methodical and maintain order among his financial records.
He was meticulous in checking his accounts and never made mistakes.
Every evening this terminal is filled with the thousands of commuters who are going from this metropolis to their homes in the suburbs.
When challenged by the other horses in the race, the thoroughbred proved its mettle by its determination to hold the lead.
The smog hung over Victorian London like a dark cloud; noisome, reeking of decay, it was a visible miasma.
In the microcosm of our rural village, we find illustrations of all the evils that beset the universe.
These migrant birds return every spring.
The return of the migratory birds to the northern sections of this country is a harbinger of spring.
His milieu is watercolors, although he has produced excellent oil paintings and lithographs.
Althoughat this time he was advocating a policy of neutrality, one could usually find him adopting a more militant attitude.
Your record of lateness and absence will militate against your chances of promotion.
I do not expect the milennium to come during my lifetime.
Her gift for mimicry was so great that her friends said that she should be in the theater.
Jabbing a minatory forefinger at Dorothy, the Wicked Witch cried, "I'll get you, and your little dog, too!"
Yum-Yum walked across the stage with mincing steps.
He was always accompanied by several of his minions because he enjoyed their subservience and flattery.
Why should I involve myself with a project with so minuscule a chance for success?
The twins resembled one another closely; only minute differences set them apart.
She would have liked to ignore the minutiae of daily living.
The lost prospector was fooled by a mirage in the desert.
Their rear wheels became mired in mud.
Sober Malvolio found Sir Toby's mirth improper.
The young explorer met death by misadventure.
We thought the hermit was a miantrope because he shunned our society.
To avoid msapprehension, I am going to ask all of you to repeat the instructions I have given.
This is an interesting miscellany of nineteenth-century prose and poetry.
By mischance, he lost his week's salary.
She took the passage seriously rather than humourously because she misconstrued the author's ironic tone.
His kindness to the miscreant amazed all of us who had expected to hear severe punishment pronounced.
The culprit pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor rather than face trial for a felony.
The miserly old man hoarded his coins not out of prudence but out of greed.
Hamlet described his misgivings to Horatio but decided to fence with Laertes despite his foreboding of evil.
With a little care you could have avoided this mishap.
His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname, King Eric the Just, was a misnomer.
He remained a bachelor not because of misogamy but because of ill fate: his fiancee died before the wedding.
She accused him of being a misogynist because he had been a bachelor all his life.
Scientists are experimenting with guided missiles.
The ambassador received a missive from the Secretary of State.
Gnats are annoying mites that sing.
Nothing he did could mitigate her wrath; she was unforgiving.
He used mnemonic tricks to master new words.
The mobile blood bank operated by the Red Cross visited our neighborhood today.
She was not used to their lavish mode of living.
Although his story is based on a modicum of truth, most of the events he describes are fictitious.
She always discarded all garments that were no longer modish.
When we she spoke, it was with quiet modulation of voice.
The oil moguls made great profits when the price of gasoline rose.
In chemistry, we study how atoms and molcules react to form new substances.
We tried to mollify the hysterical child by promising her many gifts.
Don't mollycoddle the boy, Maud! You'll spoil him.
The male robin molted in the spring.
The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by molten lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.
On this momentous occasion, we must be very solemn.
The car lost momentum as it tried to ascend the steep hill.
England today remains a monarchy.
Wanting to live a religious life, he took his monastic vows.
Jane held the family purse strings: she made all monetary decisions affecting the household.
Most people who are color blind actually can distinguish several colors; some, however, have a truly monochromatic view of a world all in shades of gray.
Knowing the importance of appearing resolute, the patriots sought to present a monolithic front.
Abraham was the first to proclaim his belief in monotheism.
He took a clerical job, but soon grew to hate the monotony of his daily routine.
Writing a dictionary is a monumental task.
We could not discover the cause of her recurrent moodiness.
If we declare a moratorium and delay collection of debts for six months, I am sure the farmers will be able to meet their bills.
These morbid speculations are dangerous; we must lighten our spirits by emphasizing more pleasant matters.
Actors feared the critic's mordant pen.
The mores of Mexico are those of Spain with some modifications.
The doctors called the family to the bedside of the moribund patient.
When we first meet Hamlet, we find him morose and depressed.
The mortician prepared the corpse for burial.
She was so mortified by her blunder that she ran to her room in tears.
The mayor compared the ciry to a beautiful mosaic made up of people of every race and religion on earth.
The tiniest mote in the eye is very painful.
This simple motif runs throughout the score.
Certain organisms exhibit remarkable motility; motile spores, for example, may travel for miles before coming to rest.
The captain had gathered a motley crew to sail the vessel.
When he blushed, his face took on a mottled hue.
The patent medicine man was a mountebank.
His thoughts were muddled and chaotic.
August in New York City is often muggy.
The lawyer was accused of trying to mulct the boy of his legacy.
A career woman and mother, she was constantly busy with the multifarious activities of her daily life.
Snowflakes are multiform but always hexagonal.
Because they are bordered by so many countries, the Swiss people are multilingual.
He was appalled by the multuplicity of details he had to complete before setting out on his mission.
He was concerned only with mundane matters, especially the daily stock market quotations.
The munificent gift was presented to the bride by her rich uncle.
The murkiness and fog of the waterfront that evening depressed me.
For a moment he mused about the beauty of the scene, but his thought soon changed as he recalled his own personal problems.
She left a trace of musky perfume behind her.
Washington mustered his forces at Trenton.
The attic was dark and musty.
His opinion were mutable and easily influenced by anyone who had any powers of persuasion.
In the funeral parlor, the mourners' voices had a muted quality.
The torturer threatened to mutilate his victim.
The captain had to use force to quiet his mutinous crew.
In thinking only of your present needs and ignoring the future, you are being rather myopic.
myriads of mosquitoes from the swamps invaded our village every twilight.
The child muttered at the doll.
