During the summer break, Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the resumption of classes, however, he felt marked excitement and pleasure.
The resurgent nation surprised everyone by its quick recovery after total defeat.
The lifeguard tried to resuscitate the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.
Fighting to retain his seat in Congress, Senator Foghorn retained a new manager to head his reelection campaign.
Fear that we will retaliate immediately deters our foe from attacking us.
The pupil did not need to spend much time in study as he had a retentive mind.
Hughes preferred reticent employees to loquacious ones, noting that the formers' dislike of idle chatter might ensure their discretion about his affairs.
The queen's retinue followed her down the aisle.
Given Susan't retiring personality, no one expected her to take up public speaking; surprisingly enough, she became a star of the school debate team.
Even when it was advisable for her to keep her mouth shut, she was always ready with a retort.
He dropped his libel suit after the newspaper published a retraction of its statement.
If they were to be able to send their children to college, they would have to retrench.
The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact retribution from the sinners.
The dog was intelligent and quickly learned to retrieve the game killed by the hunter.
Because the new pension law was retroactive to the first of the year, even though Martha had retired in February she was eligible for the pension.
Instead of advancing, our civilization seems to have retrograded in ethics and culture.
It is only when we become retrospective that we can appreciate the tremendous advances made during this century.
New Year's Eve is a night of revelry.
The entire valley reverberated with the sound of the church bells.
His reverent attitude was appropriate in a house of worship.
He was awakened from his reverie by the teacher's question.
He was avoided by all who feared that he would revile and abuse them if they displeased him.
Repeat offenders who continue to drive under the influence of alcohol face having their driver's licenses permanently revoked.
Many people in this country who admired dictatorships underwent a revulsion when they realized what Hitler and Mussolini were trying to do.
She greatly enjoyed her Hawaiian vacation and rhapsodized about it for weeks.
All writers, by necessity, must be skilled in rhetoric.
He sang a ribald song that offended many of the more prudish listeners.
Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster's tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollution rider to the bill.
In the face of the many rumors of scandal, which are rife at the moment, it is best to remain silent.
The plane was lost in the stormy sky until the pilot saw the city through a rift in the clouds.
The ward boss was able to rig the election by bribing people to stuff the ballot boxes with ballots marked in his candidate's favor.
By living with a man to whom she was not married, George Eliot broke Victorian society's most rigid rule of respectable behavior.
Many settlers could not stand the rigors of the New England winters.
Red had a hair-trigger temper: he was an easy man to rile.
The reviewer described Byatt's novel Possession as a riveting tale: absorbed in the story, he had finished it in a single evening.
As the rains continued, the trickle of water running down the hillside grew into a rivulet that threatened to wash away a portion of the slope.
The candidate for the football team had a robust physique.
The rococo style in furniture and architecture, marked by scrollwork and excessive decoration, flourished during the middle of the eighteenth century.
Be careful when you pour not to roil the wine; if you stir up the sediment you'll destroy the flavor.
I am afraid you will have to alter your roseate views in the light of the distressing news that has just arrived.
They print the roster of players in the season's program.
The crowd murmured angrily and indicated that they did not care to listen to the speaker who was approaching the rostrum.
He recited the passage by rote and gave no indication he understood what he was saying.
His body lay in state in the rotunda of the Capitol.
Washington Irving emphasized the rotundity of the governor by describing his height and circumference.
"And now, let's have a rousing welcome for TV's own Roseanne Arnold, who'll lead us in a rousing rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'"
The reinforcements were able to rout the enemy
Ten years after World War II, some of the rubble left by enemy bombings could still be seen.
In ordaining the new priests, the bishop carefully observed all the rubrics for the ordination service.
His ruddy features indicated that he had spent much time in the open.
His dancing was limited to a few rudimentary steps.
The artist has captured the sadness of childhood in his portrait of the boy with the rueful countenance.
The ruffians threw stones at the police.
We cannot afford to wait while you ruminate upon these plans.
When we rummaged through the trunks in the attic, we found many souvenirs of our childhood days.
Tolkien's use of Old English words and inscriptions in the runic alphabet give The Lord of the Rings its atmosphere of antiquity.
You will not be able to fool your friends with such an obvious ruse.
The backwoodsman looked out place in his rustic attire.
I like city life so much that I can never understand how people can rusticate in the suburbs.
The escaped convict was a dangerous and ruthless murderer.
The economy relapsed into a depression from the peak.
Members of the Resistance acted as saboteurs, blowing up train lines to prevent supplies from reaching the Nazi army.
She tried to ingratiate herself, speaking sweetly and smiling a saccharine smile.
His stealing of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.
The brash insurance salesman invaded the sacrosanct privacy of the office of the president of the company.
If we are to improve conditions in this prison, we must first get rid of the sadistic warden.
This is a saga of the sea and the men who risk their lives on it.
He is much too sagacious to be fooled by a trick like that.
Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet, Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to consult the legendary sage.
Chaucer's monk is not pious but salacious, a teller of lewd tales and ribald jests.
One of the salient features of that newspaper is its excellent editorial page.
The slightly saline taste of this mineral water is pleasant.
We were disturbed by his sallow complexion, which was due to jaundice.
Many people with hay fever move to more salubrious sections of the country during the months of August and September.
The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy, as he became a model student.
All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.
You do not have to be so sanctimonious to prove that you are devout.
Nothing will convince me to sanction the engagement of my daughter to such a worthless young man.
The battle of lwo Jina was unexpectedly sanguinary with many casualties.
Let us not be too sanguine about the outcome; something could go wrong.
The element kryptonite had an unhealthy effect on Superman: it sapped his strength.
His feelings were hurt by the sarcasm of his supposed friends.
The sardonic humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.
He was as famous for the sartorial splendor of his attire as he was for his acting.
Its hunger sated, the lion dozed.
During the first few years of the Space Age, hundreds of satellites were launched by Russia and the United States.
The guests, having eaten until they were satiated, now listened inattentively to the speakers.
Gulliver's Travels, which is regarded by many as a tale for children, is actually a bitter satire attacking human folly.
The humor of cartoonists Gary Trudeau often is satirical; though the comments of the Doonesbury characters, Trudeau ridicules political corruption and folly.
Their clothes were saturated by the rain.
Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance; he is not as gloomy as he looks.
He was like a satyr in his lustful conduct.
As we sauntered through the park, we stopped frequently to admire the spring flowers.
Our faculty includes many worldfamous savants.
Relishing his triumph, Costner especially savored the chagrin of the critics who had predicted his failure.
Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create savory delicacies for their guests.
The drill master told the recruit to wipe the blood from his sword before slipping it back into the scabbard.
Refusing Dave's offer to lend him a shirt, Phil replied, "No, thanks: I've got scads of clothes."
Before painting the house, the workers put up a scaffold to allow them to work on the second story.
